Matt Conner

Rooted in acoustic genres noted for connective storytelling and subversive turns of phrase, Jessye DeSilva is a singer-songwriter whose strong vocal work makes good use of these angles to craft important and timely compositions about issues related to identity and empowerment. Their third LP, Renovations, builds on an impressive catalog

To hear Miles Miller tell the story behind his single “A Feeling Called Lonesome” is, on the surface, to hear a burgeoning songwriter describe why his song about love lost required a full decade to complete. Despite feeling the “aftermath of all the emotion hanging around” shortly after a relational

A full decade has passed since “Aces,” an early single from the Stansall brothers, Rupert and Henry, born in Scunthorpe, England, first turned the heads of tastemakers at BBC Music. The retro sound stood proudly on the shoulders of their childhood musical heroes Roy Orbison, The Everly Brothers, and Johnny

Singer-songwriter Robert Ellis spent the better part of the last decade crafting celebrated albums that blossomed like flowers toward new sonic suns while remaining rooted in his Houston-bred Americana/country soil. All under the banner of New West Records, Ellis would earn universal acclaim for releases like 2014’s The

When words like “easy” and “familial” and “organic” are applied to Del Barber’s songcraft, it’s important to specify the complimentary nature of such descriptors. The Canadian singer-songwriter is a storied veteran who’s been penning resonant songs for years, and the melodies on his latest LP, Almanac, fit

When Abraham Alexander describes his songcraft as “dancing in the fire” or “finding beauty in brokenness,” he arrives at such intersections honestly. Born to parents of Nigerian descent, Alexander and his brothers experienced significant racial tension as the only Black children at his school in Greece. Alexander’s family eventually