The songs on Wilco’s “Cousin” are peppered with a kind of unsettling darkness, from quietly menacing synths and bits of distortion to electronic processing and slapback delays, all of which play to the band’s avant strengths.
“It’s the good times I remember at the end of the day,” sings folk legend Sylvia Tyson on her upcoming album, "At the End of the Day," a collection of new songs that looks backward across a life well lived and offers sage advice for those just starting their journey.
Sam Lee sees the humble nightingale as a carrier of a larger message, a warning of what we lose if we continue to ignore climate change. His Singing with Nightingales excursions in the UK aim to strengthen the connection between human messengers and their animal counterparts.