Casey McQuillen’s single “Better” arrives not with a bang, but with the quiet, decisive click of a well-made lock securing a door. It’s pop music, certainly, groomed and gleaming, yet beneath the surface bubbles a fierce kind of self-possession that’s less about demanding attention and more about curating who gets past the velvet rope of your own contentment. Coming from someone known for empowerment...

Los Angeles-based Soul Artist Jackson Breit Redefines Modern Music with Infectious Groove "Hit Man" The new single from Los Angeles-based solo artist Jackson Breit, "Hit Man," is making a lot of buzz. It's a happy soul song nicely showing how his music has changed over the years. The song's main idea is philosophical choices or all the different lives someone could have had if things had been...