Ferdinand Rennie’s “Someone to Remember Me” (Remake 2025 Version) arrives with the quiet confidence of a man who has looked at the map of his life more than a few times. This isn’t the sound of ambition clawing its way up a wall; it’s the sound of someone standing on the summit, looking back at the long path and wondering about the shape of...

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...