Avett Brothers True Sadness (2 Lp's) 10/16/20 James Taylor) 3:42 5 Stubborn

James Taylor) 3:42 5   Stubborn Pride (feat

Formed in Leeds in 1980 by Gary Marx and Andrew Eldritch

The song of the same name opens with what may be the most famous held organ note in rock history

unreserved in their beauty

and Al Cohn for the date

Avett Brothers True Sadness (2 Lp's) 10/16/20 James Taylor) 3:42 5 StubbornThere's a melancholy to the title of the Avett Brothers' 2016 album True Sadness, but the album's tone doesn't mirror its name. Certainly, there's a bit of a sorrowful undercurrent, something that surfaces on "Divorce Separation Blues," but often there's a buoyancy to the music's spirit, a lightness that's evident even in the burnished bluegrass ballads, tunes where the harmonies and plucked strings combine into a sense of sweetness. Always throwbacks