To cover "Jolene" is to stand in a very long, very deep shadow, yet with their new single, Sugarfoot have brought their own strange and compelling light. This isn't the familiar, simmering confrontation we know. Stripped of its country gallop and rebuilt around the stark, lonely-sounding architecture of Graeme Park's piano, the song is transformed from a desperate challenge into a haunting, prayer-like surrender. https://open.spotify.com/track/4P53bty0Ik9kgTfvMjqiIG?si=7e611d085f2f41c4 The...

Irish songwriter Eoin Shannon drops us into the deep end of the night with "Every Drunk's Gotta Story". The Cork native's latest release arrives hot on the heels of his January 2025 debut album, "Hello Forever", but this February 2026 concept record is an entirely different beast. Sitting here in Ghana, feeling the warm, humid 9 PM breeze roll through my window, I find...