Graham Nash

★★★★ Graham Nash: Live PROPER. CD/DL/LP

Nash revisits his first two solo albums live in concert.

In September 2019, Nash and a full band did a handful of shows within driving distance of NYC, where they played, start to finish, one after the other, his 51 and 48-yearold albums Songs For Beginners and Wild Tales. There were encores and between-song chats – the glory of Joni; the evil of war – but here we have just the two albums’ 20 songs. The debut – one of several solo releases by CSNY post-Déjà Vu

– is the stronger of the two, heartfelt and unpretentious. Nash’s voice (like Neil’s and Crosby’s) has barely changed and the band arrangements are mostly subtle and complementary (There’s Only One’s sax solo; Simple Man’s Neilesque harmonica; Sleep Song’s pedal steel). Other highlights include Chicago (updated to “Don’t ask Trump to hear you”), I Used To Be A King, and slow, sombre Another Sleep Song.