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ALBUM REVIEW: Angela Easterling Bears ‘Witness’ to a Range of Emotions

ALBUM REVIEW: Angela Easterling Bears ‘Witness’ to a Range of Emotions

The opening track of Witness starts sparely, with Angela Easterling’s aching, crystalline vocals ascending over Brandon Turner’s Rusty Young-like lap steel guitar licks. The song builds layer by layer, evoking the exquisite pain of looking back folded into the clear-eyed embrace of moving forward. Easterling’s arresting vocals

ALBUM REVIEW: Old Sea Brigade Confronts Life Stages on ‘5am Paradise’

ALBUM REVIEW: Old Sea Brigade Confronts Life Stages on ‘5am Paradise’

ALBUM REVIEW: Gabe Lee Offers Nuanced Nostalgia on ‘The Hometown Kid’

ALBUM REVIEW: Gabe Lee Offers Nuanced Nostalgia on ‘The Hometown Kid’

ALBUM REVIEW: The Great Divide Comes Back Together to Heal the Past

ALBUM REVIEW: The Great Divide Comes Back Together to Heal the Past

ALBUM REVIEW: Honey Harper Brings Cosmic Sound Closer to Earth

ALBUM REVIEW: Honey Harper Brings Cosmic Sound Closer to Earth

ALBUM REVIEW: Wabanaki Ancestors Inhabit Mali Obomsawin’s ‘Sweet Tooth’

ALBUM REVIEW: Wabanaki Ancestors Inhabit Mali Obomsawin’s ‘Sweet Tooth’

ALBUM REVIEW: Trampled by Turtles Keeps It Together on ‘Alpenglow’

ALBUM REVIEW: Trampled by Turtles Keeps It Together on ‘Alpenglow’