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...

The second song from Graceland Music this year is called "Y'ABA Y'ABA (AYEYI)" and is set to come out on July 18.  The praise song is all about praising God, telling Him how grateful we are, and acknowledging how amazing, loving, and powerful He is.  This song, "Y'ABA Y'ABA (AYEYI)," is meant to lift people up and get music lovers in the mood for worship and...