🔊 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #SonicReducer

American Heartbreak:
🎵 The Greatest Christmas Song Ever Written

#AmericanHeartbreak

https://open.spotify.com/track/0kLLLAtz1azNlKfsz1jVwb

#GreatAlbums - #BestOf2022

No order or logic, just a group of new albums in different genres I enjoyed over the past year.

3/10: #ZachBryan – #AmericanHeartbreak – Three LPs for a major label debut is too bloody long, but Bryan can write and his Steve Earle meets Chris Stapleton vibe puts this young country-rock heartthrob in line for a decent career as a summer festival headliner.

"Everyone thinks they're going the wrong way
But they're looking at their maps all wrong
'Cause everywhere's somewhere to someone
And in a rush you cannot dance to smooth slow songs"
#CountryMusic #Americana #ZachBryan #AmericanHeartbreak

https://open.spotify.com/track/2kBamITd69LMvfYhkaSkaD?si=44k94vEZSgO28XvFJgnWCA&utm_source=native-share-menu

One of the privileges of teaching a college course in popular music is the number of great new artists students introduce me to.

#ZachBryan is one of those artists.

Think: Isbell/ Stapelton meets Springsteen/ early Jackson Browne.

#AmericanHeartbreak, the first major label release by the 26-year old singer-songwriter, is a *triple* album -- and I'm still absorbing it. Talk about ambition!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lA8F9sIhGdg