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...

Because he highlights his delivery and adds enticing vocals to the remix, the song sounds much better and prettier than before. There is now available the "Lead You Afar" remix. The song's entire feel is like the tides, and the listener is encouraged to experience the full range of feelings that "Lead You Afar" would generate. The song "Lead You Afar" by Jordan Cabo Smith creates...