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Essentials: Sturgill Simpson ‘Metamodern Sounds in Country Music’

Metamodern Sounds – Country Album of the first 25 years of this century? Not just possible, but probable.

The Ebene Quartet proves decisively that they can let loose and with ‘ Fiction’ they created an irresistibly seductive listening experience.

On their fifth album, The National fulfilled all the promise of their earlier work, with stronger songs and a surprising execution.

The legacy that Muddy Waters left behind is the stuff of legend, making timeless music, universal in its power to touch and move us deeply.

Broken Hearts & Madmen is absolutely breathtaking in its attention to detail.

Gil Scott Heron’s The Revolution Begins sets the bar far higher than any current performer dares to reach.