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LOMA VISTA Recording in Hollywood with Sturgill Simpson in the producer’s chair, the Midwest farmer’s daughter tried her hand at a West Coast pop album for her third LP. Rather than country confessionals, then, here were 10 songs taking in Heartbreakers-esque new wave, gospel and prime Fleetwood Mac. Complete with a more oblique, lyrical voice from Price, the result was another step forward for a musician who respects tradition but has never been shackled by it. 49 GWENIFER RAYMOND TOMPKINS...

The silver lining for 2020 is that we had more time than ever to consume the arts. We finally got to the stack of books that had been sitting on the nightstand for months. We were secretly glad to replace weekend plans with a nice, healthy Netflix binge. Once we discovered the joys of listening to podcasts instead of actually, you know, talking to people on our daily pandemic walks, there was no looking back.  Considering the pandemic is very much with us, and social distancing is still the ...