Southern Louisiana Creole visionary Zióna Maré-Laveaux introduces her new single, "FOLD ME LIKE SUNDAY", and honestly, my immediate physical reaction was a sudden urge to lay flat on the floor and cancel all appointments. She calls this entirely original sonic territory ZIONYX™. It is a staggering, humid fusion of Afrobeat, Global Black Sound, and Bayou Soul that flawlessly bridges her ancestral heritage with a...

The carousel on the album cover of Kyle Davis's "Jericho" spins with a blurred intensity, much like the emotional whirlwind captured within its grooves. This seventh studio effort from the Virginia-based singer-songwriter marks not just a reunion with the team behind his acclaimed 1999 Sony debut "Raising Heroes," but a successful artistic rebirth following personal upheaval. Davis plays these eleven songs with the experience of someone...