Robin James Hurt’s “A Song, A Story Told” arrives with a sound you can almost run a thumb over, like worn corduroy. In an age of sterile, diamond-polished productions, this album is a defiantly handmade thing, tracked onto vintage cassette machines. The result is not a flaw, but an ingredient. A faint, persistent hiss breathes alongside the instruments, a ghost in the machine who...

I want to encourage any young people reading this song to listen because it was written primarily for them by Ella Holly. You can believe that she wrote this song, especially for you. Every day, we work to bring you fresh music from new artists. Here's a performance by Ella Holly, a vocalist from Hertfordshire. A modern pop tune with infectious melodies and passionate vocals, her...