Silja Rós sends us “Letters from my past,” and it’s as if one has been handed a velvet pouch of smoothed sea glass, each piece a shard of memory polished by time. Listening feels like sorting through them, the Icelandic musician’s neo-soul and pop songwriting unfurling narratives from what must be deeply personal old diaries. There’s an intimacy here akin to deciphering faded ink...

Christopher Rodriguez, the prolific solo artist from Pueblo, Colorado, challenges our modern distractions head-on with his new single, "Whom Seek Ye". A father of five propelled by sheer biblical conviction, Rodriguez clearly doesn't care about playing nice with pop-music norms. Instead, he occupies an imposing, almost prophetic headspace here to demand we evaluate our deepest spiritual priorities. https://youtu.be/YXJVW5NMRxU When you actually sit with the track, its...