Let’s be clear about Social Gravy’s re-released single, “Fools”: this is not a song that uses metaphor as a shield. From its first snarling chords, this track, a furious time capsule from 2016 unearthed by Brad Kohn and Vee Bordukov, feels less like a composition and more like a brick heaved through a stained-glass window. It’s a raw-throated accusation, a two-by-four of a protest...

The seasoned songwriter Patti Zlaket drops a highly anticipated album 'Dance Again' that trades nostalgia for immediate, undeniable joy. Some records arrive politely, asking for your attention with quiet grace. Others kick the door off the hinges and demand that you start moving immediately. Patti Zlaket has chosen the latter approach with her highly anticipated new album. After stepping away from the microphone for two decades,...