The first few notes of Megapenny Music’s single, "Across the Miles," feel less like an introduction and more like a resumption. There’s a quiet confidence here, a melody that seems to pick up a conversation left hanging four decades ago—a detail about the artist’s hiatus that you can’t help but feel in the song’s DNA. Delphine Savatte’s voice enters not with a bang, but...

Level 4 releases festive music just in time. Christmas With You is the group's first holiday album of original Christmas songs. Music was designed to be felt before it was heard, and their Christmas tune brings back warm memories you didn't actually expect. It has the emotional depth and authenticity of the golden age of rich, soulful albums from the first note. No pressure to...