From the heartbeat of Austin's eclectic music scene emerges Sasha Ortiz, a singer-songwriter with a gift for crafting melodies that linger long after the final note fades. Drawing inspiration from iconic artists such as Little Dragon and Sade, Ortiz has managed to carve a niche for herself that's unmistakably her own. It's not just the versatility across genres that sets her apart the palpable emotion infused...

Edinburgh songwriter James King delivers a haunting solo debut "Firefly" that transforms trauma into raw, cathartic art It is very pleasant to hear an artist ready to bleed onto the recording in this day and age of over-production and automated music. This is exactly what James King's first solo record, "Firefly," does: it lets fans into the soul of an artist who is not afraid to...