Robin James Hurt’s “A Song, A Story Told” arrives with a sound you can almost run a thumb over, like worn corduroy. In an age of sterile, diamond-polished productions, this album is a defiantly handmade thing, tracked onto vintage cassette machines. The result is not a flaw, but an ingredient. A faint, persistent hiss breathes alongside the instruments, a ghost in the machine who...

Ghanaian singer Brenny has released her latest single, “Remedy,” an R&B-Afrobeats record that explores the emotional toll of loving someone who keeps you guessing. The song sits with the discomfort of uncertainty that comes from being unsure where you stand with someone, and from the overthinking that follows. Across the track, Brenny sings into that space, searching for peace amid the chaos of an unresolved...