While Lissie Maurus' unlikely and largely kitsch-free transformations of Kid Cudi's "Pursuit of Happiness" and Lady Gaga's "Bad Romance" into arena-size pop anthems helped the Illinois singer-songwriter earn notice, her originals are strong enough that they've helped score a dozen melodramatic TV moments, too. Most are solid but unremarkable morsels of pop-rock—the gorgeous piano-led ballad "Oh Mississippi" and paisley-toned rave "Stranger" notwithstanding— elevated by her versatile vocals. Dylan LeBlanc, a young singer-songwriter raised in Muscle Shoals, Ala., opens with twang and jangle. —Spencer Griffith