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...

American singer-songwriter Ray Johnson has released a new song titled "Carried By The Wind," further enriching his impressive legacy with new musical brushstrokes. The musical journey of the St. Charles, Illinois native, whose interest in music was awakened at age six, started at that time with his involvement in choral groups. Ray's interest in music expanded, and he began performing with a number of cover bands...