Patrick Costello doesn’t knock politely on “Heart Like a Hurricane”; he kicks the screen door off its hinges and drags you onto the dance floor. The San Francisco multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, composer, and drummer, who also leads The KnabokovCollective, usually roams from political blues rock to bluegrass to rock-jazz-Latin-reggae instrumentals. Here he plants both boots in rockabilly, surf rock, and classic rock and roll. https://open.spotify.com/album/6WzXS5qbr4JBj9ffbsr9TD The...

Rising Nigerian artist Cool JB has officially unveiled his new full-length album, UNIVERSE — a genre-blending Afrofusion project where street reality meets spiritual reflection. The album expands Cool JB’s artistic universe with a sound that fuses contemporary African rhythms, Yoruba storytelling, and emotionally grounded songwriting. Crafted for both mainstream listeners and culture-driven audiences, UNIVERSE explores a wide spectrum of human experience: love, betrayal, toxic friendships,...