Romanian singer, songwriter, and composer Ronna Riva is from the country of Romania. She is one of those artists who is dead set on proving to the world that she deserves to be recognized for her talent. https://soundcloud.com/ronnariva The waves of the Black Sea gently lap up against the coast of Constanta, Romania, a city that has a rich history to its name. It is also...

Rebecca Helen's new single, "Patterns In The Sky," landed in my inbox, and honestly, I wasn't expecting... this. This rising star from Cape Town – indie-pop, they say – has bottled something raw, something that spills out of the speakers and pools around your feet. https://open.spotify.com/track/2kIeEcxZK3GDPsuNXH4k70?si=vPJievz0R-u2_DumdjfUsA The theme? Grief. But not the movie version, with artfully placed single tears. This is the messy, inconvenient, "why did...