TIMES PHOTOGRAPHER JAMES GLOSSOPStreet Palm by Howard Hodgkin is moved by Catherine Duck and Bill Gerrish at the Sculpture garden of Thirsk Hall in North Yorks
Photo by Todd V. Wolfson Few people make albums about isolation and loneliness sound as appealing as John Doe does. That's what Doe has achieved with his latest solo release, Fables in a Foreign Land (LP, Fat Possum FP 18001). Set as a song cycle in the 1890s, the album's 13 songs reflect Doe's penchant for dust-and-diesel storytelling, within an acoustic-trio format. It's "telling stories and playing music around the modern campfire," Doe said in an interview.