Singer/guitarist Jim “the Rev” Heath has been preaching the gospel of that 1950s era of music via a slew of albums of original material released by labels both indie and major.

Albums from This Is Lorelei and Marcus Drake speak to the ongoing vitality of the community built by defunct Chicago indie label Grandpa Bay.

In her six-decade career, Paulette McWilliams has made countless stars sound better—but too few people know how great she sounds herself.