Jen Ash is a singer, songwriter, and composer who has built a reputation for merging R&B and pop genres with her own distinctive musical flare. Her work has been described as having "her own unique melodic flair." Ash was born in Lebanon and reared in France, and she has been on a musical journey that began with her playing professional basketball and has led her...

Sam Ostler’s new single, “Lights,” then. It unfolds less like a sudden, intrusive glare and more like the slow, determined burn of a really good stage light finally finding its mark after a prolonged blackout. It’s pop, yes, vibrant and undeniably contemporary as advertised – clean lines, clear intentions. Yet, there’s a certain satisfying heft beneath the melodic uplift, a feeling that these notes...