"Forevermore" by Kevin Goodwin is not just a love song; it's also a musical record of sadness. Goodwin's song has the colours of love's deeper memories. The darkest memories of love are used in Goodwin's song to show the longing for a lively past. He does this with such emotional clarity that the song sounds like you could touch it. Goodwin likes passionate musicians like The...

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...