In the quietude of lockdown, Mira Zoff, a Swiss singer-songwriter, embarked on a journey of musical introspection and creation, giving birth to songs that resonate with a tender intimacy. With her soft, dreamlike compositions, Zoff taps into the universal human experiences of love, the fleeting nature of happiness, and the longing for escape and freedom. Mira Zoff's music is a delicate tapestry of emotion and melody,...

A rubber band ball, meticulously constructed and then unceremoniously dropped, that's what Outside Pedestrian's "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" feels like. Not the ball itself, mind you, but the brief, elastic snap of unexpected order being momentarily... let go. We know the Bach tune. It’s a holiday staple, often served up with a side of polite reverence. But here, Anthony Fesmire’s guitar, David Lockeretz’s...