The Ukrainian-American artist Kelsie Kimberlin has crafted a musical confession that cuts through the noise with its raw honesty and polished production. Kimberlin, who recently received both the United Nations Humanitarian Award and the St. George's Royal Medal of Honor from King Charles for her support of Ukraine, brings her activist spirit into her art. She wrote the song while she was shooting a movie about...

With Deptford Sound Collective dropping "Give Me . Give Me . Give Me, I want it all", I found myself suspended somewhere between a Studio 54 dancefloor and a gritty picket line. It’s a jarring, delightful confusion. You expect the somber acoustic strumming of 1960s activism given the collective’s mission but instead, you are slapped awake by a wall of 1980s synth-pop. https://open.spotify.com/album/6ULaYdVEhxN7eK0w9AmHtL?si=qiJmIM0oR2GlZ7uC8idmyw The track hits...