JOAN SHELLEY LIKE THE RIVER LOVES THE SEA

NO QUARTER

The Kentucky singer and guitarist has quietly proved herself to be one of the finest songwriters of recent years, and her sublime fifth album was naturally entrancing. Recorded in Iceland with her adept collaborators Nathan Salsburg and James Elkington, with a little help from Will Oldham and a few local

musicians, these 12 acoustic tracks are gossamer-fine, sometimes profound and utterly timeless.

ON THIS MONTH’S CD