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ALBUM REVIEW: Hope Hangs Around on Josh Ritter’s Atmospheric ‘Spectral Lines’

ALBUM REVIEW: Hope Hangs Around on Josh Ritter’s Atmospheric ‘Spectral Lines’

In the last nearly 25 years, Josh Ritter has produced an oeuvre defined by thoughtful metaphors that ring truer than truth, all while expressing the constant sense that he is searching for something bigger than the self, and maybe bigger than the world. With his 11th album, Spectral Lines, Ritter

ALBUM REVIEW: Joy Oladokun Levels Up Her Sound But Stays True to Herself on ‘Proof of Life’

ALBUM REVIEW: Joy Oladokun Levels Up Her Sound But Stays True to Herself on ‘Proof of Life’

ALBUM REVIEW: Songs Shine Brightest on Star-Studded Doc Watson Tribute

ALBUM REVIEW: Songs Shine Brightest on Star-Studded Doc Watson Tribute

ALBUM REVIEW: Del Barber’s Details Make the Songs of ‘Almanac’ Come Alive

ALBUM REVIEW: Del Barber’s Details Make the Songs of ‘Almanac’ Come Alive

ALBUM REVIEW: The Infamous Stringdusters Honor Where Flatt & Scruggs Have Led

ALBUM REVIEW: The Infamous Stringdusters Honor Where Flatt & Scruggs Have Led

ALBUM REVIEW: Trapper Schoepp Follows Multiple Callings on ‘Siren Songs’

ALBUM REVIEW: Trapper Schoepp Follows Multiple Callings on ‘Siren Songs’

ALBUM REVIEW: Esther Rose Embraces the Messy and the Mature on ‘Safe to Run’

ALBUM REVIEW: Esther Rose Embraces the Messy and the Mature on ‘Safe to Run’