Monday 7/29: Sturgill Simpson (a.k.a. Johnny Blue Skies) – Passage du Desir

After pledges to not perform and/or record again, at least under his own name, we now have a new album that is most certainly a great Sturgill Simpson album! “Passage du Desir  (“Pah-SAZH doo de-ZEER”) is fittingly wistful and forlorn, a romantic take on the fundamentals that have made bluegrass, Americana, and outlaw country such a key part of American music history” (Pitchfork)