Top Five Richard Shindell Albums
(My favorite of the singer-songwriters who debuted in the nineties—or at least my favorite among the men; Iris DeMent is my favorite among the women. I own all his albums, and I can’t tell you how many times I’ve listened to his beautiful, reverent, iconoclastic, witchy prayer-song “On a Sea of Fleur-De-Lis“ over the years. Here are my five favorite releases of his, in order of preference.)
Sparrows Point
Reunion Hill
Live at the Chandler Music Hall, Randolph, VT
Scenes from a Blue Divide
Somewhere Near Paterson