Sound Liberation’s “Elegy” isn’t so much an album as it is an unbolting of several sonic cages, letting the inhabitants mingle, argue, and eventually, find a strange, compelling harmony. Gene Pritsker and his rotating ensemble are, as ever, on a crusade against the "segregation of sound vibration," and here, their weapon of choice is grief, remembrance, and an absolutely defiant refusal to sit still...

Ghanaian rapper COLLINZZ has returned with "State of the Industry Address," a collaboration with R.B.D that looks at ambition, pressure, power and what it takes to make a mark in a crowded music industry. The record is built around a clear handover. COLLINZZ lays the foundation, delivering his perspective with confidence and intensity, before R.B.D takes the final rap verse. He brings a different energy...