Good musicians often act as spokespersons for their audiences. Things they can identify with and have a complete emotional investment in. Such a performer is Mariaa Siga. The new single "Daaray Dunya" is out now, and it features her singing about the struggles faced by young people who, despite their bravery, find it hard to make ends meet but never stop believing. The singer stepped out...

Let’s be clear about Social Gravy’s re-released single, “Fools”: this is not a song that uses metaphor as a shield. From its first snarling chords, this track, a furious time capsule from 2016 unearthed by Brad Kohn and Vee Bordukov, feels less like a composition and more like a brick heaved through a stained-glass window. It’s a raw-throated accusation, a two-by-four of a protest...