The Gabonese artist delivers a powerful meditation on identity that hits right in the chest. The music does not rush to grab your attention with cheap tricks. Instead, it pulls you in with a steady, hypnotic groove that feels like a heartbeat. The delicate plucking of the cithare by Seth Adiahénot Tetey sets a mesmerizing tone, quickly joined by the deep, resonant harmonies of a...

Helena May’s new single, “Side Effects,” doesn’t just enter a room; it strides in with the kind of confident, hip-swinging swagger that makes you instinctively check your own posture. This is Brit-Funk with a capital F, built on a groove that feels less like a rhythm and more like a wry, talkative companion. It’s got that specific, indefinable warmth of an old analogue recording,...