Published on Frontlight Magazine She wrote her first song at five years old and left the Smoky Mountains the day after she graduated high school, carrying a cardboard suitcase and a certainty that very few people in her life shared. She spent the next six decades proving them wrong in the most generous, deliberate, and thoroughly enjoyable way possible. Dolly Rebecca Parton passed away on August 25th, 2026, at 80 years old. Her death was confirmed by her nephew Bryan Seaver,

Published on Frontlight Magazine There is a specific kind of album that arrives without a PR campaign. Most artists, especially those signed to major labels, don't make this choice. The industry prefers controlled introduction, it wants you primed before you press play. Joshua Bassett doesn't seem to care what the industry prefers. On Friday, August 14th, 2026, he dropped Easier,— his sophomore album — with essentially zero announcement, zero promotional push, and seemingly z

Published on Frontlight Magazine The lounge was packed before either artist touched a microphone. Hotel W's Live Sessions — the weekly Thursday series powered by Symphonic Latino — had pulled a crowd so thick that, by the time things got going, you couldn't have slipped a needle through the room. When I arrived, the night was still assembling itself in pieces. Mari Angarita was finishing the visuals for the screen behind the stage. Her special guest for the night, Rodri Zorro