Ava Valianti captures the agonizing, beautiful purgatory of sixteen on her new single, "Sophomore Slump". The Newbury, Massachusetts songwriter has tapped directly into the crushing gravity of adolescence, a phase where a trivial misstep somehow fractures your entire psychological reality. https://open.spotify.com/track/20fIdhi8sFspbb6FAzHXCr?si=27a8aa904ccb4a5b There is a distinct, humiliating vulnerability in breaking down in front of someone else. You desperately crave the safety of their connection, yet you burn...

Delia Okaro, better known as Okaro, keeps pushing the limits of music with her new album "Foreign" It's a unique mix of R&B, pop, Afrobeats, hip-hop, and dance music, which is why she calls it "cyber." Produced by herself and assisted by co-artist Giuliano Cotta, "Foreign" is a brave and thoughtful look at change, awakening, and the search for living a truly true life. "Foreign" was...