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...

Jane Honor's "If It Doesn't End" - A Summer Anthem for Cautious Romantics Jane Honour is a wonderful singer and songwriter from Los Angeles in the United States. This song, "If It Doesn't End," shows how Honour has grown as an artist by combining classic rock sounds from the 1970s with modern indie pop sounds. You can tell this song is going to be a big hit...