To listen to Stevie Hawkins’ take on "A Song For You" is to have a conversation with a ghost in a dimly lit room after the show has ended. Hawkins, long the rhythmic engine for the song's originator Leon Russell, steps from behind the drum kit to the microphone, and the space between these two roles compresses decades into four and a half minutes....

Kharise Williams, also known as K Soul, is emerging as a star in the ever-evolving fabric of global music. K Soul blends the pulsating rhythms of her Ghanaian and Jamaican origins with the edgy sounds of London's metropolitan milieu. Her most recent single, titled "Eye Talk," is more than simply a song; alternatively, it is a manifesto of high vibrations and a courageous stance against anything that...