Dylan GossettWestward

Americana, Red Dirt, and folk from a Texas songwriter who sounds like he wandered in from another century, every note written and produced himself. 'Coal' is the breakout, a slow-burning question about whether life's pressures ever give way to growth. 'American Trail' soars on banjo, fiddle, mandolin, and stacked harmonies. 'Lord Will You Carry Me' opens with bare gospel voices and almost nothing else. Seventeen tracks of dust and conviction. Quiet, weathered, and worth the long sit.