Rebecca Anderson’s new single, "In the Beginning," lands with the quiet insistence of finding an unexpected patch of vibrant green moss flourishing on a stark city sidewalk – something natural and enduring where you didn't anticipate it. This is Soulful R&B from the LA-based, classically trained artist, but it carries an unusual stillness, a contemplative core. Anderson isn't aiming for chart-storming bombast; instead, the...

Some tracks do not ask for permission to enter your headspace; they simply slip under the door and set up camp in your thoughts. There is a specific type of emotional gravity required to make a quiet song feel incredibly heavy. It is the feeling of sitting in a parked car long after you have reached your destination, trying to untangle a conversation that went...