“It’s all based on a true story,” says Jason Isbell, “and it’s all fiction.” The roots-drenched singer-songwriter’s excellent new album, Reunions, is filled with tales of lost friends and other melancholy memories, but don’t let his gift for novelistic detail fool you: The people he’s mourning didn’t necessarily exist, just …
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David Crosby made a surprise appearanceduring Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit’s headlining set at the Newport Folk Festival Friday to perform a pair of Crosby, Stills & Nash classics. Crosby, who was not on the lineup for this year’s Newport Folk Festival, joined Isbell for “Wooden Ships” and the …
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Shania Twain, NOWThe first album in 15 years from the Canadian country-pop superstar is “taking inspiration from the expansively chaotic sound of contemporary country pop – a sound she helped to shape in the first place,” writes Rob Sheffield.Read Our Review: Miley Cyrus, Shania Twain Reinvent Themselves Via Country Roots …
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