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...

Kid Travis is a talented maestro in the realms of R&B, rap, and alternative music, and he is quickly ascending the ladder of popularity. His music can be found everywhere, from grocery store aisles to the music charts. This up-and-coming artist is quickly becoming a must-listen in the lively music industry of today because of his audacious synthesis of several musical styles and his lyrically...