With the release of the single "Play Me A Christmas Song", Stephen Dowd manages to bottle the very specific, blue-hued silence that falls over a living room once the wrapping paper has been cleared away. It is a curious thing, really, how a melody can act less like a sound wave and more like the smell of a candle that was blown out five...

Larry Karpenko's Latest Single "Heart Calls Love" Balances Madonna-inspired Energy with Fauré-influenced Sophistication. The upbeat love song "Heart Calls Love" is relevant for both young and old, from the casual meeting to the deep thought. This carefully made single does something that not many modern pop songs try to do: it makes you feel something without making the song too hard to listen to. Even though it...