Soloists who know when to step back and arrangers who know when to let the groove breathe. This is w......

Edgar Wright built Baby Driver around a playlist before he wrote the script. Ansel Elgort's character has tinnitus and drowns it out with music through earbuds. The audience hears what he hears. The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion's 'Bellbottoms' opens the film with a getaway that's also a dance number -- every gear shift, every drift timed to the beat. The sync is so precise you stop noticing it. You don't just watch Baby Driver. You drive it.

LaVern Baker took song theft to Congress. White singer Georgia Gibbs copied her 'Tweedle Dee' note-for-note and outsold her. Baker sparked a federal investigation into race and song theft. Elvis later recorded eight of her songs. She fought back when nobody else would. Called out the industry's racial double standard at the highest level of government.

Most of us grew up with free radio. Then corporations took over the playlist. Then we found Spotify and YouTube -- until the algorithm quietly decided what we liked, and suddenly we were stuck on repeat again. There's so much music out there, and only so much time to hear it.

At HotSupper, we just want to open things up a little. Maybe you'll stumble on an artist you've never heard of. Maybe you'll rediscover a song you'd completely forgotten. Maybe you'll just tap your toes. Either way, it's yours to explore. And if you have ideas to make this place better, we're all ears.