LaCosta Tucker, the veteran 1970s country trailblazer who logged 14 singles on the charts and dropped five albums during her initial run, is opening her vault to share her new release, "It Matters to Me." The historical backdrop is fascinating. Tucker originally cut this song first, long before it morphed into a multi-platinum smash for Faith Hill. Now, decades later, she is officially sharing...

Sam Lewis’s "Juan Garcia" isn’t a song that arrives with a fanfare; it feels more like a figure glimpsed in the twilight, carrying an invisible weight, and you instinctively lean in. Lewis, an artist who often paints with warmer, feel-good Americana hues, here offers something starker, a ballad stripped to its bones, letting his soul-stirring vocals do the heavy lifting – and heavens, do...