"Runnin' Away," Yael Lanciano's new song, is a nice piece of music in the fast-paced world of pop music today. The catchy beat and songs make a lot of people want to move. Lanciano's singing is lovely throughout "Runnin' Away." The American singer, songwriter, and artist Yale Lanciano is great. She is from Phoenix. She is always getting ideas for new music, but her new...

A rubber band ball, meticulously constructed and then unceremoniously dropped, that's what Outside Pedestrian's "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" feels like. Not the ball itself, mind you, but the brief, elastic snap of unexpected order being momentarily... let go. We know the Bach tune. It’s a holiday staple, often served up with a side of polite reverence. But here, Anthony Fesmire’s guitar, David Lockeretz’s...