ON THE DOWNLOAD: PAIGE CHAPLIN “HE HAS GONE, SAID HER HEART”

Here’s the dilemma: You’re trapped under six layers of blankets with your mug of tea and laptop the only things within reach.

And you need some new music—something as gentle and tender as you surely are—that will help you relax in spite of your runny, inflamed nose and choleric coughing fits.

Lucky for you, Paige Chaplin thought of you in your time of need and is sharing her album He Has Gone, Said Her Heart, fo’ free to stream or download. Well, even if she didn’t, it still might be a treat for you.

Chaplin is a folk singer and guitarist living and schooling in Boston, although originally from New Jersey, and most of the 14 songs were written and recorded in her childhood bedroom. There’s a Laura Marling cover on the album, and Chaplin is known to post acoustic covers on the web from time to time.

With such a delicate, cooing voice and sweet, soft guitar picking, she just might give you the warm and tinglies. Even if you don’t feel that, you’ll definitely pick up on the sincerity in each of her tunes.