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...

Only a few examples of cinematographic achievement have been able to accomplish such feat as weaving innovation with emotional depth in a manner as smooth as in Father and Daughter ( Dame Zina). The duo is back with a new single, "Eau" (French for "Water") that is catchy and emotional. They integrate their personal feelings and experiences with life more subtly but still engagingly, adding...