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Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Déjà Vu (50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)

This is classy and complete. It’s likely the last word on how the disparate musical and personal threads of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young were woven, creating the uneven yet tremendously successful and often musically spellbinding tapestry of Déjà Vu.

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Riley Downing - Start It Over

The debut solo album from The Deslondes member is bluesy and characteristically laid-back, coalescing different sounds into a soulful, lowdown whole. Once you’re on board with Downing's elusive, often entrancing vibe, you’ll wonder why it took a pandemic for him to hit center stage.

Album - Emmylou Harris - Wrecking Ball
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Emmylou Harris - Wrecking Ball

When a 48-year-old Harris stepped through the doors of producer Daniel Lanois’ New Orleans home to make her 18th studio album, little did we know that she’d emerge with this haunting masterpiece.

Album - Travis Tritt - Set In Stone
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Travis Tritt - Set In Stone

The singer’s confident voice and diversity in material display how much we’ve missed his presence in country music. It’s delightful to hear that he hasn’t lost a step.

Artwork - The Marfa Tapes
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Jack Ingram, Miranda Lambert, Jon Randall - The Marfa Tapes

The Marfa Tapes is the rawest – and some might say most real - recording you’ll get from this trio - and it's all the better for it. Its unembellished sound and scruffy methodology is a quality we don’t have enough of in today’s often excessively tweaked and overly polished fare.

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Tim McGraw - Everywhere

Everywhere would spark the beginning of a golden era for McGraw, laying the foundations for a truly remarkable career.