Norway's many fjords are responsible for the birth of a celebrity. Ella Lockert, with her boundless vitality and undoubted skill, has always been a force to be reckoned with from the day she was born. Imagine a little Ella illuminating the stage as the smallest Santa possible in the song "Putti Plutti Pott." Add to that her singing in the children's chorus at the Norwegian Opera,...

Fiona Amaka wrestles with the sheer, terrifying weight of human dependency on her sweeping single, "Anyway you come". The London-based singer-songwriter usually spins driving rock guitars and chill Americana into a tough, bluesy concoction. Here, she sheds the armor entirely for soft rock vulnerability. She is actively begging a loved one to stay, throwing logic out the window in favor of raw, undeniable need. https://open.spotify.com/track/6iYDS9dmAa0EPtIwVDj9g3?si=yJbYlmr5Tr-JEwMG2hIaJQ There...