Ryan Bingham has been riding the momentum of a breakthrough few years, including an Academy Award, Golden Globe, and Grammy for co-writing “The Weary Kind” with T Bone Burnett, the theme to Crazy Heart. Now he returns with his third album, Junky Star. Produced once again by Burnett, the record strips back to simple arrangements where acoustic guitars, harmonicas, and fiddle sketch out stark backdrops for Bingham’s weathered voice. His songs tell of drifters, outlaws, and working people with a weary honesty that feels lived-in. Tracks like “The Poet” and “Depression” move slow and heavy, their weight carried by the spacious production, while others lean into ragged folk-rock grooves that catch sparks in the darkness. Junky Star captures Bingham at his most unvarnished, writing with the clarity of someone who has lived every line.
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