About Elamar Elamar was born into a large family in Dimona and attended and graduated from The Brotherhood School. Elamar was inspired to better the world by the school's innovative educational method. Elamar afterwards spent three years in the Israeli Defense Force (IDF). In the army, he learned discipline, purpose, passion, and communication skills. Elamar has always been creative, and art has become his expression....

Ava Valianti represents something increasingly rare in contemporary music: genuine precocity without artifice. This Massachusetts artist, who is only fifteen years old, handles general themes with a level of emotional depth that is shocking. She shows that youth can bring out the best in complicated human experiences, rather than hiding them. "Distant," her sixth single, functions as a sonic archaeology of friendship's dissolution. The track excavates layers...