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ALBUM REVIEW: On ‘COUNTRY,’ Skylar Gudasz Plays in Natural and Emotional Environments

ALBUM REVIEW: On ‘COUNTRY,’ Skylar Gudasz Plays in Natural and Emotional Environments

If Joni Mitchell, Aimee Mann, and Sharon Van Etten’s voices wafted up into a cloud of lavender smoke, Skylar Gudasz would emerge from it in a poof, brilliant and gleaming. The golden-throated Southerner possesses that bewitching vocal quality that seems capable of hypnotizing those who hear it, and on

ALBUM REVIEW: With ‘Smoke & Fiction,’ X Takes a Bow

ALBUM REVIEW: With ‘Smoke & Fiction,’ X Takes a Bow

ALBUM REVIEW: Los Lonely Boys Stage a Solid Comeback With ‘Resurrection’

ALBUM REVIEW: Los Lonely Boys Stage a Solid Comeback With ‘Resurrection’

ALBUM REVIEW: 49 Winchester Are ‘Leavin’ This Holler’ Without Forsaking Their Roots

ALBUM REVIEW: 49 Winchester Are ‘Leavin’ This Holler’ Without Forsaking Their Roots

ALBUM REVIEW: Joe Ely Offers a Thrilling Ride on ‘Driven to Drive’

ALBUM REVIEW: Joe Ely Offers a Thrilling Ride on ‘Driven to Drive’

ALBUM REVIEW: On ‘Made by These Moments,’ The Red Clay Strays Find a Home in Introspective Songs

ALBUM REVIEW: On ‘Made by These Moments,’ The Red Clay Strays Find a Home in Introspective Songs

ALBUM REVIEW: Memphis Royal Brothers Extends the Good Times of ‘Take Me to the River’ Documentary

ALBUM REVIEW: Memphis Royal Brothers Extends the Good Times of ‘Take Me to the River’ Documentary