Adam Brice's "Never Is Too Late" landed on my desk – or, rather, materialized in my digital ether – and I've been wrestling with its echoes ever since. It's a curious beast, this album. Part rock anthem, part campfire confessional, with a splash of country twang that somehow doesn't feel out of place, which has themes running circles like wild horses, settling down around...

The seasoned songwriter Patti Zlaket drops a highly anticipated album 'Dance Again' that trades nostalgia for immediate, undeniable joy. Some records arrive politely, asking for your attention with quiet grace. Others kick the door off the hinges and demand that you start moving immediately. Patti Zlaket has chosen the latter approach with her highly anticipated new album. After stepping away from the microphone for two decades,...