Material: Divided by Zed composes tunes that span a wide range of influences, but remain totally original. John Mazzei, John Micheli and Jeff Levine have ...

A level of quiet calm bordering on the spiritual pervades these joints by intriguing hip-hop artist Tesh. Relationship issues are her focus, but instead of ...

Material: Ronny North is an all-instrumental outfit akin to Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Eric Johnson and others, although not as melodic or pop sounding. North ...

Material: Artur Menezes featured mostly covers, including modern blues selections from Henrik Freischlader interspersed between instrumentals by Albert Collins. The few original tunes included “I Have ...

Material: Los Rakas are a bilingual Bay Area hip-hop duo comprising two Panamanian cousins, Raka Rich and Raka Dun. They strive to push the envelope ...

Tess Dunn is T3TRA, whose dark, soul-baring statements are as candid and relatable to millennials as her hooks are sharp and memorable for all listeners. ...

Material: Los Angeles-based band Acidic do their best to give listeners a song to fit any occasion. From sexy rock tracks like “Chicago” and “Pirate ...

Material: Westerner offer a completely entertaining blend of precision-played psychedelic glam rock. Funky beats and occasional electronics are applied to a showy indie-rock style that ...

With a musical metabolism all his own, laidback Canadian Scott Cook has a disarming honesty, a genuinely humanistic soul bordering on innocence that is hard ...

There’s no question that Doreen Taylor can sing. Whether on the aching, anguished “Over” or the sweetly inspirational “Unstoppable” or the triumphant “You & Me,” ...