Nigerian Rising Star Mersea Delivers Genre-Defying Album "Jopah" That Resonates Across Cultures. Mersea, the Nigerian Afropop sensation, has unleashed her highly anticipated album "Jopah," and it's nothing short of a sonic revelation. This debut offering from the Spinning Concepts signee is a bold statement that refuses to be boxed into a single genre. From the moment the first track hits, it's clear that Mersea is not...

The Nashville singer Jordan Kinsey gives the Etta James classic electric guitar grit, vocal heat, and a clean sense of grown-up longing. Jordan Kinsey does not rush the feeling on "Sunday Kind of Love." She lets it lean back, breathe, and check its own pulse. That choice is the hook. In a time when romance can be announced, muted, archived, and quietly deleted before brunch, Kinsey...