To listen to Stevie Hawkins’ take on "A Song For You" is to have a conversation with a ghost in a dimly lit room after the show has ended. Hawkins, long the rhythmic engine for the song's originator Leon Russell, steps from behind the drum kit to the microphone, and the space between these two roles compresses decades into four and a half minutes....

The musical journey that Livi Jacobs has been on, which is rooted in both Austrian origins and Floridian inspirations, has reached its tragic culmination in her third song, which is titled "Keep Quiet." This tune is a visceral study of the inevitable collapse of relationships, and it is laced with agonising melodies and heart-wrenching lyrics. It is a monument to Livi's intrinsic skill as a...