Jon Gold’s new single, "Lullaby for a Dream," is an act of gorgeous disorientation. You see the name—a pianist rooted in the intricate soils of jazz—and you prepare for one thing, but what arrives is a mist-laden skiff drifting from an entirely different shore. Gold, a Delaware musician, has composed a piece of British-Gaelic folk, and the cognitive dissonance is half the immediate magic....

"Forevermore" by Kevin Goodwin is not just a love song; it's also a musical record of sadness. Goodwin's song has the colours of love's deeper memories. The darkest memories of love are used in Goodwin's song to show the longing for a lively past. He does this with such emotional clarity that the song sounds like you could touch it. Goodwin likes passionate musicians like The...