Records feel like opening your notes app at 1:17 a.m., seeing the message you almost sent, then choosing peace instead. Kay Soul's "Anybody Out There," lives in that exact emotional pocket. It is a soulful R&B single about getting yourself back after toxic love has rearranged your confidence, your language, and your idea of home. The hook is the title itself: a question that reaches outward,...

Listening to Arnold J.’s new single, "Muddy Waters," isn't quite like anything else swirling around right now. It arrives with the gentle insistence of incoming tide, pulling you into its specific gravity. Arnold J., Ghanaian-born and now Canada-based, weaves a sound tagged as alt-country and folk, but those labels feel thin, like trying to contain smoke. There’s earthiness, sure, but his soulful vocal lines...