The moment we heard it, we were so enthralled that we couldn't help but return it to you in the same condition that it was sent. By any measure, it's a solid tune! The new single "Kites" by Maya Jupiter and Nova Emad is further proof that the two artists couldn't be more perfect for one another. You will eventually own up to this. As they...

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...