LESSONS LEARNED SHaRON VAN ETTEN
“YOU’VE GOT TO LOSE SOMETIMES" chanted Sharon Van Etten on 2012’s ‘Magic Chords’, a back-against-the-wall confessional that found surprising hope in the idea of reaching rock bottom. Like so many of the New Jersey singer-songwriter’s best songs - see also: ‘Every Time The Sun Comes Up’ and ‘We Are Fine’ - it’s an embrace in musical form, serving as a guiding light to the lost and offering up a hypnotic gumbo of folk, rock, pop, and electronica.
“When people hear my music, I want them to feel embraced by the idea
