Every day, we work to bring you fresh artists who create only the finest music. You'll meet the people we've been waiting to introduce to you today. Alex Slay, an American singer-songwriter, has just released a new single called "L.B.D." It's an R&B tune designed to soothe and energize you. He always gives excellent performances as a singer and strives for improvement while keeping a modest...

Seishin Takeno's "Echoes," a sonic postcard from Kanagawa. Nine instrumental pieces, I've been told. Not nine songs, mind you – more like nine shaded windows into a particular kind of quiet. This isn't music that yells; it leans in, like a friend confiding a secret you half-hear on a summer porch. Immediately, you're not so much listening as remembering. Or maybe anticipating. It feels...