Fletcher Reed, the nom de plume of American music producer Andrew Smith, grew up learning various instruments and playing in different bands at an early age. A few years back, he and a friend took off for Zimbabwe, their first destination on what would become a mostly non-stop journey across several continents for two years. While…

Few album themes are as universal as heartbreak, but Montreal goth-folk singer/songwriter Flower Face (Ruby McKinnon) has reinvented the form on her utterly raw, beautifully bittersweet new project, Girl Prometheus. Even better, heartbreak has propelled Ruby into a new, prolific phase of creativity; Girl Prometheus is only the beginning. Following 2022’s critically acclaimed The Shark In…

The story of Fiji Blue owes a debt to both coasts, but his genre-spanning sound is truly global. After graduating Berklee College of Music in 2019 with a major in songwriting, Phoenix-raised Trevor Dering relocated to Los Angeles. There, the Southern California cool of Fiji Blue became fully realized, swirling bedroom pop, indie, house, easy…

Fallen Roses is a platinum Latin duo of music producers Donovan Ferra aka Donovan’s Playground (from Puebla, Mexico) & Ruben Reinoso aka B dom (from Santiago, Chile). Donovan & Ruben take influences from jazz, RNB, hip hop, classical music, IDM, future garage, ambient, lo-fi, house and many other genres to craft their unique beats, pushing…

Winter Moonlight represents a gorgeous full-circle for Russian pianist and composer Evgeny Grinko. Across these ten songs, Grinko pushes his melodic sensibilities to the absolute zenith with a patient elegance and little accentuation beyond the glassy figures he’s crafted here. Recalling the emotional potency of Max Richter’s piano-based reveries as well as the filmic drama…

Emily James has been surrounded by music for as long as she can remember. Among the 22-year-old’s first memories are of her New York upbringing with her parents’ eclectic music collection. Spanning from Billy Joel and Stevie Wonder to musicals and folk music, all these early influences were quintessential to her story; nuanced and ever-evolving…

In just a few short years, Etham has forged a path of musical excellence, dazzling audiences worldwide with his soulful sound and irresistible charm, with a resume that boasts performances alongside music luminaries such as John Newman, JP Cooper, Tori Kelly, and James Morrison, as well as gracing the stage at BST Hyde Park in…

An inveterate musician raised in the recording studio, Elliot Moss has devoted much of his life to dreaming up sonic worlds with a strangely transportive power. After finding breakout success with his viral hit single “Slip” at age 18, the New York City-bred singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist brought his unfettered imagination and refined musicality to his 2015 debut Highspeeds and its follow-up A…