I spent a solid hour this morning watching dust motes suspended in a single shaft of sunlight, my entire nervous system held absolutely captive by Magdi Aboul-Kheir and his devastatingly immersive new album, "Slow Heat". The Germany-based journalist and classically trained pianist usually writes across a massive spectrum of genres, pivoting wildly from trance to late romanticism. Today, he has dropped an ambient, contemporary...

Ettie, a graduate of English Literature not only with a great passion towards bottling the core of the mid-twenties ennui but also unique in her ways, has created a unique niche for herself in the world of music storytelling. Known for her witty puns and artistically arranged storylines, Ettie is fast emerging as another familiar name for people, as individuals find her soul honest and...