Hear the tracks that caught our pop critics’ attention, from Jamie Lidell’s “Walk Right Back” to Martha’s “Ice Cream and Sunscreen” By Jon Pareles, Ben Ratliff and Jon Caramanica Aaron Neville finally ...

On a balmy afternoon in 1979, I interviewed New Orleans rhythm-and-blues singer Aaron Neville under his favored tree by the Audubon Park lagoon. He came ambling down the park road in gym shorts, track ...