Some records hit you like a sudden downpour on a sweltering afternoon. You do not see the clouds gathering, but within seconds, you are completely soaked and surprisingly grateful for the shock to your system. That is the exact energy driving 'Water To Wine", the new collaborative album from Cashus King and Big O. It is a project that grabs you by the collar and...

Farbod Biglari’s new single, "Waltz for Baran (The Rain Waltz)," arrived like a polite invitation to a forgotten ballroom, where the chandeliers are lit but the guests are all pleasingly melancholic figments of memory. It doesn't swagger; it glides, a full orchestral sway that clearly tips its hat to the spirit of composers like Stelvio Cipriani, not by mimicry, but by sharing a certain...