Dryadic opens the door on their new single "Ghosts," and you immediately feel a change in the room’s pressure. The piano chords that introduce the piece, played by frontwoman Zora McDonald, don’t twinkle; they place stones, one by one, creating a path through a grey landscape. Her voice follows, not as a guide trying to cheer you on, but as a determined companion walking...

In the centre of the thriving music scene of Nashville, Jordan Kinsey found it to be her unique style that is truly genuine and heartfelt. Her latest single is a soul interpretation of Melanie’s Together Alone, featuring not only her exceptional abilities but also respect towards a legendary artist. It is of some poignancy, then, that the cover for Kinsey appears after Melanie’s demise, adding...