Kylie Auldist Essentials

This Australian singer swings with ease between vintage-sounding soul, funk and R&B. Often in the company of Lance Ferguson and top-flight musicians from his group The Bamboos—who are virtually The Dap-Kings of Australia—Auldist commands full attention at the microphone and pushes her backing players to sweat right alongside her. Evoking classic soul singers from the '60s and '70s, she sashays all the way from smoky to searing, pulling at the heartstrings on lovelorn ballads while bringing down the house with hip-shaking soul stirrers.