Dianne Forte has somehow built a bizarre, joyous bridge between Sunday morning devotion and a vintage arcade console with the instrumental version of her latest single, "Hallelujah Just Keep Your Heads Up Now". I anticipated the gentle cadence of her North Carolina gospel roots. Instead, the self-taught organist handed me a soundtrack for a sun-drenched, high-speed drive down a pixelated coastline. https://open.spotify.com/album/6GStrr1WiKEWJaAkuWYX5K?si=AOhyiEbXR1iGjVkwFtTIVQ The sheer, unrestrained energy...

Chris Oledude brings a lifetime of civic agitation to a boiling point with his new single, “SAVE THE CHILDREN”. Serving as the seventh release from his debut album, “PREACHER MAN – VOL. 1”, the track acts as an uncompromising, teeth-bared condemnation of war's ugliest realities. https://open.spotify.com/album/6NfoPTElYpgQ3BT30K2BTa?si=uRv0N53sToCq0sFI0mjjYw At an age when many retreat into quiet comfort, this senior artist and activist keeps digging his heels into the...