On his poignant new single “Still Fighting,” Panama-born, U.S.-based songwriter and producer ErickOscar confronts deep adversity with sheer, stubborn grace. Drawing from over three decades of musicianship across eclectic genres, he crafted the inspirational pop ballad for a close friend navigating the grueling physical and emotional toll of chemotherapy. https://open.spotify.com/track/2g0DF4UW241zq83SYHFEmo?si=mo8jO8X8T2-pYL3VWkSJjw Severe illness has an uncanny way of shrinking existence down to clinical regimens and raw endurance...

It’s strange to think about silence as a form of noise, isn’t it? The kind that fills a room after you've heard something so emotionally dense, anything else feels obnoxious. That’s the type of quiet that "Not Turning Back" by Baylee Dowling leaves behind. It’s not the silence of emptiness, but the kind where something just sank deep into your chest, and you need...