Some doors do not close with a slam. They remain half-open, daring a person to walk back through them after the room behind them has grown small and airless. The past can be persuasive that way. It offers familiar furniture, old names, a version of comfort that asks too much in return. "Backwards, Baby," the latest single from Caitlin Kent-Halliday, begins from that human pressure...

Ghanaian sensation AratheJay has firmly established his commercial dominance after his debut LP, "The Odyssey", recorded over 10 million streams on Spotify. This feat is achieved less than a month after the project's release. This digital milestone is also complemented by the visual success of the lead single, "Put Am On God," whose official music video has surpassed a million views on YouTube. The exponential...