"Summer Rain" by Kristen Castro comes out at just the right time, like when the storm clouds part and the sun shines through, bathing everything in a soft yellow light. The Nashville-based singer-songwriter has really moved me with this song. It is both highly personal and easily understandable to everyone, like finding an old diary entry that applies to your present situation in some way. Five...

San Francisco singer-songwriter and producer Jacob Barrett just released a new single, "Maybe", diving headfirst into the agonizing loop of an unanswered call. You know that specific, isolating brand of mental purgatory? The one where you pace around your living room having frantic, phantom arguments with someone who already walked away, hopelessly convinced that turning the situation over in your head will somehow retroactively...