PETER ONE COME BACK TO ME
Peter One makes a stateside debut with the enrapturing Come Back to Me. Once a budding star in Cote D’Ivoire, his homespun synthesis of Afro-pop and classic country- folk features beautiful, haunting vocals, calling out to a long-gone home. (Available April 14.)
RUSTON KELLY THE WEAKNESS
Ruston Kelly returns to his fascinating fusion of folk, country, and emo with The Weakness, offering up blistering ruminations on everything from his high- profile divorce to getting accidentally stoned. Written in self-imposed Portland, Tennessee, solitude, he battles a swirling internal storm. (Available April 7.)
JOSH RITTER SPECTRAL LINES
Acclaimed singer-songwriter Josh Ritter enters an almost meditative state on his eleventh studio album, Spectral Lines, expanding his literary-roots reputation into a thought-provoking sonic realm. Full of relaxing space and translucent melodies, Ritter seeks the profound in simple elements. (Available April 28.)
DEL BARBER ALMANAC
Del Barber plants the seeds of little-things gratitude in Almanac, inspired by the vast isolation of his Western Manitoba home and a post-COVID world that suddenly knows how he feels. Filled with plucky wisdom and calming country charm, it’s a homesteader’s guide toward fulfillment. (Available April 28.)