Heïka, the rising star of the indie-pop genre, has sent a ray of sunshine into the Canadian province of Quebec's music landscape. The mesmerising soprano Andrée-Anne Bélisle and the evocative pianist Jo-Annie Bourdeau are at the centre of this project. Their unexpected encounter at the University of Montréal as jazz enthusiasts developed into a symphony of shared musical aspirations once they got to know one...

Persian-American global pop sensation SHAB dropped her wildly magnetic new single today, "Perfume." Fusing her Middle Eastern heritage with a sleek, modern American dance-pop spirit, the track delivers an unabashed celebration of feminine power and the lingering, invisible signature a woman leaves behind in her wake. https://open.spotify.com/track/1HeJhoJ5hZFyNhK9enKMT5?si=75b1ceaefb9f4dd3 The instrumentation physically mimics the dizzying, gravitational pull of sensory intoxication. SHAB twists an exotic, winding vocal scale directly...