The Charlotte artist Billy Chuck Da Goat turns a private self-audit into a gripping hip-hop and southern soul moment built for repeat plays. Some records hit hardest when they stop pointing fingers and start pointing inward. That is the charge running through “Mirror To Myself,” the new single from Charlotte artist Billy Chuck Da Goat. It has the feel of a late-night mental reset, the kind...

The Sven Curth Trio pushes back against our increasingly artificial landscape with their new album, "live at your local Waterhole". Serving as a deliberate defense of organic, human art, the release documents the trio doing exactly what algorithms cannot: sweating it out, improvising, and finding communal joy in a crowded room. https://open.spotify.com/album/3AN1GZsmhBUtD3j4yEZr4c?si=je3S2Y-NTYm73O_NV4LqHw The lineup is tightly woven. Sven Curth anchors the band on vocals, guitar, and...