The title of Rusty Reid’s new single, "Attitude Change," has the sterile ring of a corporate warning, which makes the desperate, heart-on-the-floor plea within it all the more jarring. This is the sound of the final straw, a melodic ultimatum delivered while someone else in the room is looking at the baby, or the TV, or anywhere but at the person whose love is...

Lou Caimano offers a masterclass in relaxed poise on "Manhattan Twilight", an instrumental showcase where the saxophone operates as an articulate, deeply expressive narrator. For decades, Caimano has anchored the sonic machinery behind the curtain, performing in Broadway pit orchestras for “CATS”, “Evita”, and “A Chorus Line”, while sharing stages with titans like The Temptations, The Four Tops, and Nancy Wilson. As a veteran...