Guess Pre's "Clarity." The name itself feels like a punchline missing its joke, or maybe the setup to a philosophical riddle I'm not equipped to solve. Gregory Stanton, the Wisconsin-based artist behind the moniker, has served up a nine-track album that's… well, it's trying to be a lot of things, and surprisingly, mostly succeeding. https://open.spotify.com/album/2hV27eRxEJp08kML02uRW1 This isn't background music for folding laundry. It's more like the...

From the sun-kissed lanes of Athens emerges Mama Blue, a songstress whose voice seems to harness the very essence of nightfall. Her voice, a sultry echo reminiscent of Twilight's embrace, is on full, mesmerizing display in her latest single, "Mother of the Night." Few songs possess the power to transport, to ensnare; this is one of them. While many young artists seek the latest trends, Mama...