Destination Freedom has just released his new album, "Detours," mapping a circuitous route through cinematic Christian R&B and modern hip-hop. The faith-driven solo artist approaches his music as "ministry in motion," creating scripture-based narratives that pull listeners through the mud of spiritual confusion and into a space of clear-eyed reflection. Inspired by Exodus 13:17–18, the record circles a deeply human conundrum: what if the...

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....