After a long absence, Mat Hook has returned with a new song that proves he is better and more powerful than before. Mat's new single, "Runaway Road," marks a significant turning point in his resurrection as a musician and a musical force. After a time of disruption that saw him leave the once-promising Sheffield band Kartica in 2014, among other things, he has returned with a...

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...