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What to Listen to This Week Indie-folk hero Phil Elverum briefly lived in Portland’s beloved White Stag building in 2009, and his time in the Rose City yielded one of the strongest releases of his late-2000s wilderness period. Mt. Eerie s Phil Elverum at Mississippi Studios. IMAGE: Emily Joan Greene. SOMETHING OLD
Buffy Sainte-Marie s
I m Gonna Be A Country Girl Again were written in the 60s, given how much they sound like country standards. This 1968 album is a genre experiment for the Canadian musician, but she throws herself into it with abandon, her always-at-100% voice telegraphing her delight at being able to pull off such a digression. It s cosplay, and she knows it, but the tailoring is impeccable, and she s not afraid to get her sleeves a little dirty either.