On "One Rhythm, One World", ErickOscar approaches our increasingly fractured planet with an acoustic guitar, open arms, and an audacious surplus of goodwill. Having spent decades leading church worship bands and penning over a thousand songs in relative quiet, the Panamá-born, U.S.-based songwriter constructs a musical sanctuary centered on radical togetherness. Cynicism is easy currency these days; unabashed optimism, by contrast, takes real nerve. https://open.spotify.com/album/5qnbdhkAA0QFGK4AtJnDtC?si=fMCYoisYQKGBg7ahSXgtiA The...

The Norwegian singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Tonje Gravningsmyhr turns loss, self-love, identity and imposter syndrome into a thoughtful pop album 'Maze' shaped by horns, patient craft and grown-up honesty. In the old stories of labyrinths, the monster is rarely the only danger. The greater fear is the corridor that looks familiar, the turn that repeats itself, the small panic of trying to remember who you were...