Folk music and indie folk have become more mainstream in recent years, to my surprise. The uplifting and soothing vibrations of this clean and global form of music are something we should all have more of in our lives. Two years ago, Lee Leffler (guitars, keyboards, vocals and lyrics), along with Michael Frackleton (drumming and bass), formed the Boston-based band, Dream of a Man...

Gary Grant Chamberlain has released "Just Go to Church", a country ballad that stares completely unblinking into the void of human tragedy. The Indiana-born singer, songwriter, guitarist, and former police officer took up his craft again to honor the memory of his two-year-old son, Garrison, who perished in a house fire. At a time when the music industry flirts so heavily with artificial intelligence,...