Music

The authentic core that informs this entire sound is a rare and important gift.

Rachel Mazer has never sounded better, and if this doesn’t make you move, you had better check your pulse.

With an art-rock sensibility that looks back at artists like Björk, or even Grace Jones, Lupa J concocts a melodic reason to consider someone new.

The beat is contagious, and the message is love, affection and acceptance.

With an easy quarter note pulse underneath the slightest shuffle, it’s all nuance and hints of syncopation.

The voice and temperament of a proud individualist, with an omniscient eye and the heart of a poet.

The fare here is perfectly attenuated to fit the exact same jam as MSMW: a modern and punchy instrumental Memphis soul.

With an understated sense of authority, Annie DiRusso puts the painful memory of a doomed love to its final resting place.