Ken Woods and the Old Blue Gang kick up some serious dust with their single "Ride the Rails," and listening feels less like tapping your foot and more like watching the ground crack open nearby. It’s got that Bakersfield twang alright, bright and wiry, but tangled up with a nervous psychobilly heartbeat and the kind of scuffed-boot roots rock energy that sounds like it’s...

Livi Jacobs is the name that everyone knows as the heartbeat of modern pop music. She has recently released a new song called "Better That Way," which is a great example of how honest current music can be. Vienna, Austria, is a place with a lot of cultures where Livi was born and raised. When she was 10 years old, she wrote her first song. Since then,...