You know that exact moment when you realize the people clapping the loudest are the ones hoping you trip? That is the exact energy Mista Crook captures in his latest single, "Dream Big". 'Dream Big' does not waste time pretending the road to success is all champagne and confetti. It gets straight to the gritty reality of what happens when your ambition outgrows your current...

Right, so, Manchester's own Robert McGinty is back. "Reflections," they call it. Twelve classical instrumentals. Twelve! Like the apostles, but...less preachy, more piano-y. It's supposed to be uplifting and joyful, this album, a sequel of sorts, tracking his growth since the debut. Did you know the collective noun for owls is a parliament? Completely unrelated, I know, but owls are wise, and there's a...