With “Island Lantern Festival”, Tony Frissore manages to soundtrack a specific kind of mental vacation I didn’t realize I was overdue for taking. Ostensibly an instrumental nod to the Lunar New Year and the hopefulness of renewal, this piece operates less like a celebration and more like a gentle exhalation. https://open.spotify.com/album/3n43BcxSnavYKC0wt28GNu?si=E_50eQ_lQomyHT1RsD2Jrg It starts wet with the actual crash of ocean waves before slowly drifting inland. I...

Rising LGBTQ Artist Rich Hennessy Blends Emotional Depth with Infectious Pop Melodies "Sidelines" Rich Hennessy is a fast rising LGBTQ singer, songwriter and a brilliant composer from Nashville, United States. As the second track of a 4-headed series, "Sidelines" fully reflects his ability to spend the same time both for the personal thinking and melodic earworms. As a kid, Rich Hennessy seemed to have an affinity towards...