Cory Chisel and the Wandering Sons

With a gruff but elastic voice that sounds like it could rattle rafters, Cory Chisel could have
spent his major-label debut acting out his rock-god dreams. To his credit, the Wisconsin
resident (and son of a preacher) shows restraint worthy of a Midwesterner. Death shuffles
between starkly beautiful folk and looser bar-band stuff, with Chisel serving up both lazy
lines ("We all lose ourselves in the end") and sharp, singalong choruses (on "Long... More >