Music
AZSH shines bright with new single “Cool to Be Kind”
In a world where loud voices often dominate, Miami-based pop soul artist AZSH (pronounced “Ash”) is changing the game with music you can groove to. Her latest single, “Cool to Be Kind,” is a powerful statement about being strong while still showing kindness and a reminder that compassion is a true strength. AZSH is carving out her own unique sound, which she calls “Miami Pop.” This style blends smooth, soulful singing with a mix of different music styles and heartfelt lyrics.
In “Cool to Be Kind,” the song features a catchy beat that supports AZSH’s warm and expressive voice. The music is bright and lively, but it also carries a serious message that being kind is not a sign of weakness, but a superpower. This song is all about uplifting vibes with a strong message. The lyrics inspire without sounding overly simplistic, striking a balance between sweetness and confidence. AZSH invites her listeners to choose kindness over pride and clarity over confusion, all wrapped in a feel-good sound that feels like a gentle breeze on a Miami evening. AZSH has been quietly crafting her own collection of soulful songs, which are now starting to get the attention they deserve on streaming and radio platforms.
Tracks like “Hope on the Horizon” and “Like That” have shown her artistic talent, but “Cool to Be Kind” feels like a track that is both catchy and meaningful. The music video for “Cool to Be Kind” adds another layer to the story. Like much of AZSH’s work, the video beautifully combines movement and meaning, bringing the song’s essence to life with vibrant colors and rhythm. With this single, AZSH establishes herself as a voice spreading a message of spirit and softness in a tough world. If being cool is the goal and kindness is the way to get there, then AZSH is leading the charge, one beautiful beat at a time.
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“Subterranean Homesick Blues” finds a new direction through Ghost of Panama
Rearranging a song that carries six decades of cultural weight is a creative challenge, but Ghost of Panama approaches “Subterranean Homesick Blues” with clear purpose. The rock band radically reworks Bob Dylan’s counter-culture hit, reshaping its identity while keeping its rebellious spirit. It’s a tribute to musical heritage and a statement of artistic independence all in one.
This new interpretation is very much shaped by the production, made at Ghost of Panama’s home studio in West London. The setting allows an intimate approach to reinterpreting a familiar song and lets the group engage directly with the material, taking it in a new artistic direction.
“Subterranean Homesick Blues” centers on the tension between conservation and transformation. Ghost of Panama is true to the song’s rebellious spirit without adding to its legacy, and this approach gives the release an adventurous feel, grounded in countercultural energy but driven by a desire to see what the composition can become in a different musical context.
Their version of this 60-year-old classic shows that respecting a song’s history can also mean breaking the rules and finding new ways to express its spirit. Fundamentally, “Subterranean Homesick Blues” presents Ghost of Panama as artists who want to engage with the past without being tied to it. The release’s strongest identity is a familiar heritage reimagined through a singularly forward-looking creative vision.
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“NO MORE” by Amanda Holley connects healing, awakening, and survival
“NO MORE“ carries that kind of emotional weight, and some songs feel like they come from lived experience but reach for something bigger. Amanda Holley blends R&B and soul, turning a lifetime of survival into a vision of healing, awakening, and the determination to move beyond what caused the pain.
“NO MORE“ is a healing anthem for people who have gone through bad experiences and reached a place of higher awareness, but it’s also an emotionally charged protest. The duality is introspective and outward-looking at the same time, turning personal survival into a broader declaration that some experiences, conditions, or cycles should end.
Holley had a premonition of the song six months before the world went into global shutdown. In the vocal booth, working out melodies with her collaborators, she pictured people in the streets. Those images were hard to imagine at the time, but subsequent events would make them painfully familiar.
“NO MORE“ is given a particularly contemplative underpinning by the context. The identity of R&B and soul leaves room for emotion. The song’s themes link survival, awakening, resistance, and the need for change. Amanda Holley is an artist using music to process personal endurance and a broader sense of social awakening. It’s got a complicated significance, and its release feels like a glimpse of a moment when personal intuition and public reality collided in an unexpected way.
Photo Credit: Yulia Shusharina
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