Seishin Takeno's "Echoes," a sonic postcard from Kanagawa. Nine instrumental pieces, I've been told. Not nine songs, mind you – more like nine shaded windows into a particular kind of quiet. This isn't music that yells; it leans in, like a friend confiding a secret you half-hear on a summer porch. Immediately, you're not so much listening as remembering. Or maybe anticipating. It feels...

Delia Okaro, better known as Okaro, keeps pushing the limits of music with her new album "Foreign" It's a unique mix of R&B, pop, Afrobeats, hip-hop, and dance music, which is why she calls it "cyber." Produced by herself and assisted by co-artist Giuliano Cotta, "Foreign" is a brave and thoughtful look at change, awakening, and the search for living a truly true life. "Foreign" was...