The moment the jaunty guitar kicks in on John Smyths’ new single, "Now I'm Wiser", you feel a familiar, comfortable warmth. It’s the sound of a good chair in a bar where the floor is sticky with spilled truths. And then the story starts, a classic yarn of a hard-living past yielding to a peaceful present. Smyths, a Dutch ex-metalhead singing country out of...

Crystal Asige - Lenga (Official Video) What better way to inject a fresh feel of hope into 2021, than with the word ‘Lenga’!  Singer and songwriter Crystal Asige has today released her coastal-inspired, double-entendre single – ‘Lenga’.  The song is as much about aiming for higher (the glass ceilings), as it is about ignoring the whispers and rumours that many often come across on their way to...