This is the first new music McEntire has released in almost four years. Her last album was 2010’s All the Women I Am. There’s no word yet if “Pray for Peace” will appear on a future LP.

“Ellingson for Peace” is the latest instance of this aesthetic. In addition to the single and music video, Heat Speak is launching its album “To Love Wind” on all platforms Oct. 2.

From bare-bones minimalism to boundary-pushing leaps outside of the box, the aesthetic of some of 2024’s most important albums has been as much of a talking point as the music contained within them.

Ten years ago, after the Gulf War, two Islamic scholars started an interfaith music festival in Morocco to promote peace. Now a celebrated institution, the Fes Festival of World Sacred Music is on ...