I spent a solid hour this morning watching dust motes suspended in a single shaft of sunlight, my entire nervous system held absolutely captive by Magdi Aboul-Kheir and his devastatingly immersive new album, "Slow Heat". The Germany-based journalist and classically trained pianist usually writes across a massive spectrum of genres, pivoting wildly from trance to late romanticism. Today, he has dropped an ambient, contemporary...

Ghanaian singer Brenny has released her latest single, “Remedy,” an R&B-Afrobeats record that explores the emotional toll of loving someone who keeps you guessing. The song sits with the discomfort of uncertainty that comes from being unsure where you stand with someone, and from the overthinking that follows. Across the track, Brenny sings into that space, searching for peace amid the chaos of an unresolved...