Kelly Dearmore Recommends

Even once you discover that Sarah Shook is perhaps the only openly bisexual-vegan-atheist country singer you’re aware of, you still don’t know nearly enough about her as an artist until you’ve heard her sing. As leader of the North Carolina-based country outfit Sarah Shook and the Disarmers, Shook’s lonesome moan oscillates between an evocative, pained warble and a somber yet soaring howl. Indeed, her voice is as vital an instrument as the twangy guitar is on her critically-beloved 2018 record, Years.