Take Jack Horton, a Portland-based singer-songwriter whose path to folk-Americana included stops at Japanese law school, Tokyo piano bars, corporate boardrooms, and government offices. His latest EP, "Imperfections," feels like finding someone's private journal set to music. And that someone happens to write really, really well. The five-song collection opens with "Set Me Free," a piano-driven confession that might surprise anyone expecting typical breakup bitterness. Horton...

Rising Nigerian artist Cool JB has officially unveiled his new full-length album, UNIVERSE — a genre-blending Afrofusion project where street reality meets spiritual reflection. The album expands Cool JB’s artistic universe with a sound that fuses contemporary African rhythms, Yoruba storytelling, and emotionally grounded songwriting. Crafted for both mainstream listeners and culture-driven audiences, UNIVERSE explores a wide spectrum of human experience: love, betrayal, toxic friendships,...