Belouis Some, Rick Springfield, A Flock of Seagulls, and More Team Up with Full Orchestra for Epic Reimagining's 'Orchestral Eighties' Get ready to hear the greatest hits of the 1980s like never before. The long-awaited compilation record "Orchestral Eighties" features 14 tracks that take well-known hits from 80s acts like Rick Springfield, A Flock of Seagulls, and Cutting Crew and play them with the grandeur...

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...