Ambient

Audiosyncracy

Hearts of Space

Blues

Spencer Doran, 'The Seaside'

Miguel Otárola

On the SEASON: A letter to the future soundtrack, Doran envisions a world that is serene and drifting, far from the buzzing sounds of modern-day life
Blues

Strange Ranger, 'Rain So Hard'

Ted Davis

The more that the members of Strange Ranger dress like the cast of Trainspotting, the more its music sounds like it would have appeared on the 1996 movie's soundtrack.
Blues

Sofia Kourtesis, 'Madres'

Miguel Otárola

The electronic musician takes the shape of an angel standing on the shoulder of a dancer, whispering in their ear that they can never stray too far from home.
Ambient

For Sampa The Great, there's no place like home

Raina Douris

Born in Zambia, raised in Botswana and having spent much of her music career in Australia, Sampa The Great returned to Zambia to make As Above So Below.
Blues

Róisín Murphy, 'CooCool'

Harry Tafoya

The Irish singer knows how to make any emotion feel dazzlingly danceable; here, she basks in uncomplicated love.
Blues

Eluvium, 'Void Manifest'

Stephen Thompson

Amid dreamy strings and a cloudy swirl of synths, vocalist Charlotte Mundy lends the song a haunted, impressionistic quality.
Folk

For Weyes Blood, gentleness can be a powerful tool against tech-driven apathy

Raina Douris

The musician talks about the message behind her mesmerizing fifth studio album, And in the Darkness, Hearts Aglow.
Ambient

Fever Ray's 'Radical Romantics' explores love in all of its freaky, complicated forms

Marissa Lorusso

The experimental pop artist's new album is interested in love not as a destination but as an ongoing process, in all of its bravado, vulnerability and experimentation.