"One of the year's most singular albums, Lost in the Desert is brave, genre-defying, diverse and frequently surprising. The album starts out in fairly straight-forward fashion with "Road Dogs," one of the album's three economical and effective blues-tinged rock tracks. Elsewhere, though, Morales ventures into unexpected, more adventurous territories. "YVB" is a rich, epic rock track that shifts between atmospheric and stormy segments that create a rich, slightly spooky experience."
"For five decades, Crowell has been one of the finest songwriters going, crafting sharp lyrics and writing music that straddled the lines between country and rock. On Airline Highway, Crowell is in top form, rocking a bit more than on some of his albums ("Rainy Days in California," "Heaven Can You Help" and "Some Kind of Woman" are good examples), while mixing in several sturdy ballads ("Taking Flight," "Maybe Somewhere Down The Road" and "Sometime Thang")."
An assortment of under-the-radar 2025 albums favors power pop, rock, blues and Americana. Claire Morales' Lost in the Desert is described as brave, genre-defying, diverse and surprising, with blues-tinged opener "Road Dogs," epic rocker "YVB," a multi-faceted title track, and "Neon Labrynth" building from acoustic opening to a bold climax. Rodney Crowell's Airline Highway showcases five decades of songwriting, blurring country and rock, with rocking numbers and sturdy ballads such as "Taking Flight," "Maybe Somewhere Down The Road" and "Sometime Thang." Jon Batiste's Big Money is included and Batiste is noted as Grammy-winning.
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