Right, so, Reinis Jaunais. Latvian, guitar-slinger, world-wanderer… makes sense that his new album, "Nest," feels like opening a suitcase overflowing with… things. Not junk, mind you. More like… carefully curated curiosities. Eleven songs, eleven postcards from somewhere just beyond the familiar. https://open.spotify.com/album/5mbemTIWhAYV7fHe5V9562 It's world music, yes, but not in the dusty, anthropological sense. Think more… progressive fusion. A touch of the acoustic guitar played in that...

Amelie Lucile's new song "See Me" is highly recommended if you're looking for a tune that will catch your thoughts and trigger specific feelings in you. The singer emphasizes their need for someone to understand their suffering and assist them in leaving a poisonous or destructive situation in the song's lyrics, which have a sense of helplessness and despair. It also looks at themes of struggle,...