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...

Los Angeles-based Soul Artist Jackson Breit Redefines Modern Music with Infectious Groove "Hit Man" The new single from Los Angeles-based solo artist Jackson Breit, "Hit Man," is making a lot of buzz. It's a happy soul song nicely showing how his music has changed over the years. The song's main idea is philosophical choices or all the different lives someone could have had if things had been...