Today's Top Tune

Brooklyn’s Habibi latch onto our ears from the first few bass notes and create a mellow dance party on “A Place We Call Our Own.”

You need to know the legendary Brazilian guitarist Bola Sete! His nickname, pronounced “bowl-ah set-ay,” comes from the Portuguese for “seven ball” in snooker — the game’s only black ball apart from the eight ball, nodding to Sete as the only Black member in his jazz group. A visionary with a signature style, Sete played with Dizzy Gillespie and Vince Guaraldi. We’re sharing his composition “Soul Samba,” culled from “Bola Sete — Samba in Seattle: Live at the Penthouse, 1966-1968.”

It’s safe to say that Pete Yorn uses Los Angeles as a canvas on which he paints his songs. Inspired by his home base, his latest release “Elizabeth Taylor” announces his forthcoming ninth album and is buoyed by nostalgia and a steady beat.

Multi-talented New York based singer-songwriter Yaya Bey transforms romantic confusion into a lush and powerful sentiment on the song ‘made this on the spot,’ featuring composer and violinist V.C.R .

In celebration of the 20th anniversary of “The Photo Album,” Death Cab for Cutie go all out with a mega deluxe edition bundle due in the spring of 2022. The album was released at a pivotal point in their career — it was time to decide whether or not to quit their day jobs. Thankfully they did and the album became a fan favorite, including an alternate lyric version of the song “Information Travels Faster.”

We are looking forward to February, when Beach House will issue their eighth studio album. We’ve already noticed that the duo expand their sound on the title track “Once Twice Melody” with a live string ensemble.

Krishna Booker and Diana Purim continue the magical Brazilian jazz legacy of their respective parents as Eyedentity. Booker is the son of renowned jazz bassist Walter Booker, nephew of saxophonist Wayne Shorter, and godson to Herbie Hancock, while Purim is the child of singer Flora Purim and percussionist Airto Moreira. Together, they expand on the genre and foster a new generation of fans by blending Portuguese and English and melting multi-rhythms, as we hear on the title track, “País Da Maravilha” or “Wonderland” in English.

As a Latin-American growing up in Boston, poolfire was exposed to the Guatemalan music his father played at home and what he heard on the airwaves. The new single, “Radio Man,” tells the tale of a mysterious character via intertwined melodies and beats.

JaRon Marshall, keyboardist and co-writer for Grammy-nominated Black Pumas, steps into the spotlight as beatmaker and producer with his self-titled solo project, which he calls “the marriage between funk, jazz, R&B, neo-soul and hip-hop.” “Sound of Heart” is an instrumental audio tapestry.

Believe it or not, Los Angeles funk outfit War began their musical revolution 50 years ago, churning hit after hit with songs like “Low Rider,” “The World Is A Ghetto,” and a bevy of other songs we know all the lyrics to. A new compilation, “Greatest Hits 2.0,” rounds up all of our favorites into one tidy package, including the classic hug-a-thon song “Why Can’t We Be Friends?” from 1975.