Shelby Lock and the Venezuela Strings Recording Ensemble have joined forces on "A Matter of Time: Perseverancia," a sweeping modern classical single that turns physical gravity into something buoyant. https://open.spotify.com/track/58D1KqkKhCXBnjNEc91JKD?si=Dx9X2tW9Qs-Uwmo_fuLNWA Lock, a conservatory-trained pianist who runs Silver Moon Sound in Santa Cruz, spent years bedridden by Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, literally clawing her way back to the keyboard. Across the hemisphere, the San Cristóbal orchestra guided by conductors...

Ghanaian music star, activist and GRAMMY Nominee Rocky Dawuni has just released a colourful new video for “Champion Arise“ off his “Beats of Zion” album (Six Degrees.). Dawuni’s voice is at its emotive best on this combination of catchy choruses and melodic guitar riffs all riding on a hard-hitting modern reggae rhythm produced by Dawuni himself. Rocky artfully combines words and lyrics with a call to...