Jay Farrar

On his first solo album, Jay Farrar ventures a bit beyond the rustic string-band approach
that made Americana pioneers of his old groups, Son Volt and Uncle Tupelo. There's nary a
former band mate in sight; instead, the likes of Flaming Lips' Steven Drozd join him in
fleshing out this varied lot of songs. You'll hear everything from sitar noise on "Prelude
(Make It Alright)" to big, gonging bells on the grandly assertive "Clear Day Thunde... More >