Marina Maximilian Blumin, better known by her stage name Marina Maximilian, is a performer from Israel who specialises in singing, songwriting and acting. She competed in the fifth season of the reality music competition programme Kokhav Nolad and finished in second place overall. https://soundcloud.com/marinamaximilian/lord-save-me-acoustic At the age of fifteen, Blumin performed in Hanoch Levin's play Requiem at the Cameri Theater. Two years later, at the age of...

When Maddy Carty opens her new EP, "Otherhood", she bypasses the shiny veneer of typical pop releases and aims squarely for the marrow of our messy, complicated realities. The London singer-songwriter possesses a uniquely commanding, almost suspiciously delicate vocal tone. She uses it here as a surgical tool to dissect womanhood, pure exhaustion, and the quiet thrill of finally drawing firm boundaries. https://open.spotify.com/album/2wlOyMsIGY4Z0QufDDiaii?si=89YbdMh1TNeLOyGPCrFT_Q She has this...