Jackson Browne still asking questions on Downhill from Everywhere- World Socialist Web Site
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Singer-songwriter and rock musician Jackson Browne released his fifteenth studio album Downhill from Everywhere on July 23.
Over the past five decades, Browne has carved out an identity as a craftsman of songs that alternate between introspective and political lyrics combined with attractive melodies and driving rock rhythms. While he has to some extent specialized in acoustic ballads, Browne’s most popular songs have always exhibited powerful and energetic hooks on which he hangs his musical hat.
In the songs on the new album—all of them written before the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic—the 72-year-old Browne continues along these lines. For listeners who know his back catalog, Downhill from Everywhere moves around in familiar territory; for those new to Jackson Browne, there is more than enough accessible music and straightforward language here to gather and hold the interest of listeners.