Tahani, the Coleford-based singer-songwriter pulling therapeutic fire from the depths of the Forest of Dean, is stepping fully into the light to deliver her newest anthem, "Don't Come Knocking". She fearlessly channels a lifetime of profound lived trauma from navigating teen motherhood and managing ADHD and Autism, to embracing her LGBTQ+ identity later in life and enduring an absent alcoholic father into an unapologetic...

When I pressed play on the latest release from Shelita, titled "Sailors", I wasn't expecting the floor to drop out from under me. You see, "pop" is often a safe word, a designation for the palatable. But this? This is something else entirely. It’s as if someone took a tender ballad and threw it into a particle accelerator to see what sub-atomic emotions would...