In the ever-shifting topography of modern music, where trends appear and vanish like digital ghosts, a new voice has emerged from Sydney, Australia, with a clarity and purpose that demands attention. At just 14 years old, JNZI has released his debut single, “Speaker,” a track that is already making its presence felt on national radio and beyond. It’s a song that doesn’t just ask...

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....