Tora Woloshin, a rapidly growing singer, has given fans another reason to enjoy the holiday season in the best way possible with her new song, "Merry Holidays." Since today is Christmas Day, it's only right that we provide this track to you as it happens, as a bold celebration of personal joy that doesn't follow the rules. Its tone is refreshingly confident, which sets it apart...

Robin James Hurt’s “A Song, A Story Told” arrives with a sound you can almost run a thumb over, like worn corduroy. In an age of sterile, diamond-polished productions, this album is a defiantly handmade thing, tracked onto vintage cassette machines. The result is not a flaw, but an ingredient. A faint, persistent hiss breathes alongside the instruments, a ghost in the machine who...