Nashville's Rising Star Jagger Whitaker Strikes a Chord with Authenticity and Musical Mastery "If I Know You" From the Nashville, Tennessee backyard to the country music forefront, a bright star named Jagger Whitaker shines, inevitably selling the craft of making music to his father, who taught him. Whitaker has long time been a fan of country rock music and his musical career brought him to this...

The fastest pop songs arrive like a notification. Ben Lester’s self-titled debut does something more interesting: it lets the listener wait for the message to finish forming. Across 13 tracks for Mayfield Records, the London singer, songwriter, performer and producer turns patience into part of the pleasure. The result is indie pop with an arranger’s discipline, a record built for people who like a chorus but...