Listening to Cuzoh’s new single, “Slow Down,” feels a bit like holding your breath without realizing you’re doing it. The Hempstead-born artist has crafted a piece so deceptively smooth in its Hip-Hop and Soul blend that the grim story coiled within it strikes you a second too late, like the aftershock of a distant tremor. It’s a ghost story told about someone who is...

Megapenny Music makes a radiant entrance with the single “Spaces Between,” offering an expansive look at the accidental poetry of everyday devotion. Built on the creative partnership between founder Al Young a classically trained pianist and custom synthesizer designer returning after a 40-year studio hiatus and a featured French lead vocalist Delphine Savatte, the track trades manufactured melodrama for something observant and patient. Conventional...