From French Castle to Studio Magic: A Classical Pianist's Apollo Ray Electronic Evolution Apollo Ray is a great musician, singer, and composer from London, England. Apollo Ray is a professionally trained pianist who can also compose, engineer, produce, and mix music. He has also worked as a tour manager and as a backline and studio player while on the road. His first album, In Orbit, was made...

Ava Valianti represents something increasingly rare in contemporary music: genuine precocity without artifice. This Massachusetts artist, who is only fifteen years old, handles general themes with a level of emotional depth that is shocking. She shows that youth can bring out the best in complicated human experiences, rather than hiding them. "Distant," her sixth single, functions as a sonic archaeology of friendship's dissolution. The track excavates layers...