Sophia Mengrosso’s new album, “Unforgiven”, doesn’t so much start as it does detonate, a thirteen-song treatise on survival. Her voice, a thing clearly trained for gilded halls and velvet curtains, instead wails from within a foundry’s clang and fire. The result is a bizarre and beautiful collision, the sonic equivalent of discovering a lost Caravaggio painting lit by a flickering fluorescent tube in a...

After a long absence, we return to reacquaint you with another gifted vocalist; her name is Rukmani, and we are confident that you will adore her music. The latest tune by the Nigerian singer, "No Social Media," serves as an initial proclamation and encouragement for those who have felt the stifling grip of societal expectations. She has reclaimed her independence, self-esteem, and the strength to reject...