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Carolina Bubbico Releases New Album, Vocàlia

Vocàlia, the fourth album by Carolina Bubbico, is a multilingual and entirely vocal “orchestra” born from the profound emotional transformation of becoming a mother. Rooted in the Latin word for vowels, the project imagines a poetic world where the voice becomes an expansive vehicle for ancestry, femininity, and collective expression. Drawing on fifteen years of exploring vocal ensembles, Carolina sculpts richly layered arrangements in which the voice replaces every orchestral role, weaving timbres, rhythms, and harmonies into a contemporary tapestry. The album’s lyrics—co-written with artists such as Becca Stevens and Simona Severini—explore rebirth, resilience, simplicity, and love for life, while guest appearances by Stevens and Mari Jasca deepen its emotional palette. Produced by Filippo Bubbico with global percussion from Abdissa Assefa, Vocàlia stands as Carolina’s sonic love letter to her daughter and to future generations

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Purbayan Chatterjee & Mark Lettieri Release New Single, “Soar”

“Soar” represents the moment when structure begins to dissolve, and instinct takes over. The piece is built around a rhythmic pulse that feels almost suspended, constantly lifting and resetting itself. Layered phrases between sitar and guitar unfold in widening arcs as the instruments answer one another. As the composition develops, the rhythm stretches and breathes, creating the sensation of gliding rather than driving forward. A subtle groove carries the feeling of creative flight: the moment when discipline, years of training, and collaboration align, and the music seems to rise on its own wings.

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Sofia Rei Releases New Album, 'Antónima'

Antónima is the forthcoming album from GRAMMY-nominated vocalist, composer, and producer Sofía Rei. Rooted in her Folk and Futurism aesthetic, the album bridges Latin American folk traditions with bold, forward-thinking production. As a follow-up to her acclaimed Umbral, it features trailblazing collaborators from across the Latin and diaspora music worlds, including Gaby Moreno, Daymé Arocena, Mireya Ramos, Xenia Rubinos, Las Áñez, and Argentine artists Mariana Baraj, Charo Bogarín, and Juana Luna. Blending alternative pop, jazz, electronic textures, and regional folk styles, Antónima explores themes of female empowerment, migration, solitude, political apathy, and the tensions of digital life. Supported by Chamber Music America, New Music USA, and NYFA, the album stands as both an artistic statement and a Pan-American feminist cultural manifesto.

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Nth Power Releases New Single & Music Video, “Simple Life”

“Simple Life,” the new single from The Nth Power, featuring The Soul Rebels, is out now.
You may like this, and I may like that, but we both enjoy the simple pleasures in life, like a shack in the woods or a five-course Michelin-starred meal. This was a groove that Nate brought into Mike’s farmhouse studio sessions. Nikki and Nick‘s first official duet, Simple Life is a song about taking what’s yours and being proud of it. Inspired by the music of New Orleans, this song features the Soul Rebels. The basic groove came from blending a New Orleans-type clave beat and putting it in a different time signature.

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Chris Morrissey Releases Latest Album ‘Infinite Source of Heat’

Infinite Source Of Heat is Chris Morrissey’s fourth full-length release for GroundUP Music and his eighth to date as a band leader. He is joined by longtime collaborators Marco Bolfelli on guitar, Bill Campbell on drums, Charlotte Greve on woodwinds, and Grammy-winning producer/engineer John Davis. Morrissey welcomes some formidable featured guests on Infinite Source Of Heat, including Norah Jones (on Hard To See), Mark Guiliana (on the title track Infinite Source Of Heat), and Aoife O’Donovan (on In The Crowd). Infinite Source Of Heat is eight new songs — written on guitars, pianos, and notebooks in spare rooms in Bed Stuy, empty dumbo offices, upstate front porches, and Euro-trains, then played and played on stage with a band. For the author, that process repeated is what the title describes.

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