American artist, guitarist, and songwriter Gf Morgan from New Hope, who has been in the music industry for four decades, has outdone himself with the release of an album, "Magenta," that combines the old enchantment of Celtic and Folk music with a modern sound. A bright spot in Morgan's career is his series of duets with the music greats, and most recently, his new album...

Shawn Brown’s EP, "Into the Furious Light," doesn’t slip quietly into the stream of modern indie-folk releases; it instead cups its hands around your soul like you’re a candle in danger of flickering out. The Portland troubadour crafts songs that feel like fragments of conversations—maybe ones you walked in on too late or letters unsent to someone dear but no longer near. You’re never...