Vancouver's Rising Star Yafania Delivers a Powerful Message in Her First Single "Front Row" Yafania is a very smart and talented person with a voice that is all her own. Her debut single, "Front Row," is more than just an introduction. In a catchy soft pop-rock package, it's a song about loyalty and strength. Yafania has written a song about how important it is to be...

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...