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...

Jeremy Parsons' newest single, "Life Worth Dyin' For," paints an emotional novella that reverberates deep inside your soul. Parsons is a self-taught guitarist from San Antonio, Texas. His earlier songs, "Tickin'" and "Humanity," both made it to the top 15 on the iTunes charts in the United Kingdom and have already received a lot of attention. Let's get one thing straight: Jeremy Parsons is not just...