Swedish Pop Sensation Ella Marie Blends Dance-Pop with Emotional Depth "Ride or Die" Ella Marie, the Swedish pop star, is back with her new single "Ride or Die," a slower dance-pop song that perfectly captures the feeling of springtime. https://open.spotify.com/artist/7IUtabY6TEMuCQQm0rUFSc?si=oN6tZrgiTr-lG2kSLVmJAQ "Ride or Die" was recorded in Sweden in the early summer of 2024, when flowers were in full bloom. It has a lively mix of guitars, piano,...

Jon Gold’s new single, "Lullaby for a Dream," is an act of gorgeous disorientation. You see the name—a pianist rooted in the intricate soils of jazz—and you prepare for one thing, but what arrives is a mist-laden skiff drifting from an entirely different shore. Gold, a Delaware musician, has composed a piece of British-Gaelic folk, and the cognitive dissonance is half the immediate magic....