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New post-Voice music releases include singles from Addison Agen, Ricky Duran and Jaclyn Lovey and an EP from Karlee Metzger.

Here’s a bit about each of those releases.

The links take you to the songs on Apple Music. And Spotify snippets are posted below.

Also, keep checking back daily during Season 20 of The Voice.

To celebrate that 20th season, I’ll be posting my all-time favorite post-Voice songs released by the amazing artists we’ve met on the show.

Addison Agen, from Season 13, released the folksy “My Kitchen Floor” on Saturday. It marks the 19-year-old’s first single since finishing second on the show more than three years ago. There’s also a music video, shot in one day, during which Addison wound up with her first scar after slipping on “a rug thing.” And there will be a 12-song singer-songwriter album to follow, which Addison described as “super hopeful” in tone during a recent TV interview.

Karlee Metzger, from Season 11, recently released a five-song EP called “Something’s Gotta Change.” And it’s a female singer-songwriter delight. Karlee’s wonderful vocals are especially effective on “Light Up Again” and “Don’t Wanna Be Alone,” but every song here deserves to be heard. Writes Karlee on social media: “This experience (making the EP) has brought me so much peace and healing during the most challenging year of our lives, and I hope it does the same for you.”

Ricky Duran, runner-up from Season 17, is back with another great song, “Selfish Love.” This one is more upbeat than December’s superb “She Closed Her Eyes.” Says Ricky about “Selfish Love”: “This song is about putting everything in the rear view & taking a chance on yourself.”

Jaclyn Lovey, from Season 14, released “When It’s Done,” a song about the end of a relationship on Friday. She gets a vocal assist from Timothy Brown. Just 16 when she appeared on the show in the spring of 2018, Jaclyn’s already released three EPs since.