Christmas is getting nearer, and we are returning to join hands in solidarity and compassion. Families get to celebrate in style this holiday season, thanks to Yemi Alafifuni's invitation. His newest single, "Home," has a comforting and festive atmosphere, and he hopes that every home will be overflowing with joy this year. The musician from the United Kingdom made a lovely and honorable gesture. Jamie Snell's...

Listening to Libby Ember’s single “Alibi” is a study in strange emotional temperatures. The sound is a down-tempo, sun-dusted blanket of soft guitars and gentle synth pads, the kind of arrangement you’d put on to feel safe. But the feeling it leaves behind is a deep, architectural cold, the kind you find in the shadowed corners of an old stone church long after the...