Cowboy Junkies

The eleventh album from these gentle Canadians is long on winsome tunes, acoustic
grooves and modest keyboard, etc., adornments. Some of the darker cuts are also
intriguing, but tunes like “Brand New World” are sleepier than a ten-year-old on four
Tylenol PMs, and stuff like “Spiral Down” sounds like duller-than-average coffeehouse
fare. And even when the Junkies rock out a little, as on “Cutting Board Blues,”... More >