Ron Sexsmith - Cobblestone Runway/Grand Opera Lane

A singer/songwriter whose strong suit is his warmth and humanity wouldn't seem a likely prospect to be teamed up with a bunch of electronic keyboards, drum machines, and other bits of high-tech hardware, but after leaving behind Mitchell Froom's tape-loop fantasias for Steve Earle's rootsy and straightforward production on Blue Boy, Ron Sexsmith takes another sonic left-turn on his fifth album, Cobblestone Runway (his sixth if you include his first self-released cassette, Grand Opera Lane). Read More