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...

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...