Earl Patrick pivots sharply away from his usual indie-folk and guitar-driven comfort zones for his newest release, the wildly inventive album "Conditioned By Machines". The Portland, Oregon-based composer, singer-songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist has spent over two decades building a dense, eight-album catalog. Here, however, he entirely flips the script. Feeling that classical flute music too often prioritizes gesture over pure melody, he set out...

Dancehall legend Beenie Man teams up with rising Ugandan star Jokwiz Klean on "Boom Boom," blending Amapiano with Pan-African rhythms for an infectious global anthem. Beenie Man, jumps on his first Amapiano single, 'Boom Boom' (Amapiano Mix), produced by South Africa's UPZ with rising Uganda's artist Jokwiz Klean on co-lead vocals. Beenie Man, born in Kingston, Jamaica, is a legendary dancehall and reggae artist with a...