You could hear her before you could see her: a throaty, rat-a-tat laugh — ha-ha-ha-ha — drifting through the cool canyon air. Backed by Carlile and an expansive cast of players that included Annie Lennox, Jon Batiste, Jacob Collier, Blake Mills, Rita Wilson and Robin Pecknold, Mitchell did as many deep cuts as hits, skipping some of her best-known songs, …
Pearl Jam, “Gigaton” Trust Pearl Jam to still surprise us in 2020. “Gigaton” is a fascinating and ambitious 12-track collection with a cleaner, crisper sound that is studded with interesting textures, topped by Eddie Vedder’s still-indignant voice. He’s helped pull out more experimentation, certainly from the messy last studio offering, “Lightning Bolt.” The first single, “Dance of the Clairvoyants,” is …
