Brice Ezell

Life in Slow Motion (20th Anniversary Edition) IHT Records David Gray made his musical name at the turn of the 21st century, but it would not be until halfway through its first decade that he released his true masterpiece. 1999’s White Ladder put Gray on the global map, fueled by the success of lead single “Babylon”.

Nobody's Girl ATO What happens when two musicians get divorced? If Amanda Shires and Jason Isbell’s 2025 albums are any indication, it’s a double-dose of Blood on the Tracks. After a decade-long marriage that also involved regular artistic collaboration, Isbell formally filed for divorce from Shires in 2023, a process that concluded officially earlier this year.

Songs For Other People's Weddings Secretly Canadian Despite having several songs attesting to his experience as a wedding singer to his name already, Jens Lekman doesn’t seem like the most natural choice for the gig. Sure, the man knows his way around a sampler (see 2007’s breakthrough Night Falls over Kortadela), and his catalogue includes many love songs capable of prompting dancefloor enthusiasm (see “How We Met, The Long Version” on 2017’s masterful Life Will See You Now).