David Lynch taught generations to wade deeper, trust one’s intuition, embrace the absurd, and pay close attention to those owls. Following his passing in January of last year, collaborators and creatives in every medium publicly mourned the loss of such a singular, surrealist voice in film, music, and culture. Texas-based vocalist Chrystabell received those lessons firsthand as a friend and musical collaborator of Lynch’s. On his first birthday in the next spiritual plane, she celebrates the eccentric director and their work together with a musical devotional fitting of the late filmmaker's enigmatic vision. (Read more in this week’s “In the Pocket,” p.16.) – Caroline Drew