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...

Pennsylvanian Rock-Blues Outfit Kerry Kenny Band Adds New Chapter to Kristofferson's Legendary Song "Robert McGee" The Kerry Kenny Band's latest single "Robert McGee" picks up where Kris Kristofferson and Janis Joplin left off, filling in the gaps of an untold love story. This rock-blues number asks the questions fans have pondered for decades about the mysterious Bobby McGee. Kenny's interpretation transforms the familiar narrative into something fresh....