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Sharon Van Etten invites a handful of artists to cover songs from her 2010 album epic. These new versions—played by Fiona Apple, Lucinda Williams, and more—reveal the music’s healing power and complexity.
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- Nathan Bowles
Keys
The Chicago guitarist and the North Carolina multi-instrumentalist work wonderfully together and channel many spiritual influences with great warmth and ease.
- OMAAR
Drum Temple
Inspired by a panoply of club-music styles like gqom, UK funky, and tribal, the Mexican producer’s music revels in eroding barriers between percussive techniques.
- Cory Hanson
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The Wand frontman’s second solo record blows open the chamber pop of his first for a lysergic and unsettling take on cosmic Americana.
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