Leïla is a singer, songwriter, and composer who hails from Canada and France and now resides in Paris. Leïla is now making a powerful return with two new songs, "Histoire D'amour" and "Masquerade of Paradise" in which we will hear a new, more mature, more confirmed version of the singer. Her one-of-a-kind approach weaves both poetic skill and more modern sounds, including elements of pop and...

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...