ALBUM REVIEW: Kelsey Waldon Explores All Corners of Country on ‘No Regular Dog’ (No Depression)

Musically, the band pours country gold around her, from the spacious slide on “Tall and Mighty” to the haunting groove and ghostly vocals of “History Repeats Itself,” the steel-sky and soaring “Backwater Blues” to the tender and lonesome lament of “Season’s Ending” mourning Prine. There is a freewheeling sense pervading the music, as though Los Angeles’s panoramic skies allowed the band to widen its sound, which pivots easily from bluegrass-inspired runs, ’70s country rock, and soul. Sonically, Waldon and her band have shifted from the honky-tonk into a wider exploration of what country music is and could be. All throughout, though, it’s Waldon’s voice, her words, and her story that make these songs.

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