Album of the Week: Bruce Springsteen, Western Stars
After over 50 years as a working musician (an entire lifetime: “I’ve never held an honest job in my entire life!,” he told us during his Broadway show), you’d think […]
First Impressions: Kiss Each Other Clean by Iron & Wine
In his last release, 2007’s The Shepherd’s Dog (one of my favorite albums of the Oughties), Sam Beam’s (aka Iron and Wine) voice was slightly muddy and back in the mix. Songs were very rhythmic but driven by handclaps, African drums, and percussively played acoustic guitar figures, rather than more […]