![]() ![]() Russ Kunkel taking over the drum seat and Young on Hammond, the first of the lengthier tracks arrives with the chugging beat, Minutes To Downtown, an upbeat and autobiographical number about it never being too late to find love (“ I didn’t think that I would ever feel this way again/No, not with a story this long and this close to the end”), in this case with someone younger (“ The years I’ve seen that fell between my date of birth and yours/Fade before the altered shore of a river changing course”). With the drums taking the pace up, co-penned with McCallum, My Cleveland Heart (a reference to the world-renowned Cleveland Clinic) is a playful number with a serious undercurrent about how life would be if we were fitted with unbreakable, artificial hearts (“ They’re made to take a bashin’/And never lose their passion …Don’t make mistakes/And they don’t know defeat”). Musically, it harks to those early albums with their West Coast vibe as he sings about always hoping for a better future (“ I knew since I was just little/The sharp edges of the world will whittle/Your dreams down to shavings at your feet/Gonna do my best not to settle/I know it’s gonna test my mettle/To keep my options open- even so I’m hoping”). ![]() It opens with Still Looking For Something, a melodically laid back rolling rhythm number. His lyrics are informed by a sense of encroaching mortality, that of the world as much as his own (“ I’m way out over my due date baby”), with, as he sings on Until Justice Is Real, “ Time like a fuse burning shorter every day”.ĭownhill From Everywhere was recorded with an accomplished core band that includes Greg Leisz and Val McCallum on guitars, bassist Bob Glaub, drummer Mauricio Lewak and Jeff Young on keys. ![]() His first new material in six years, Downhill From Everywhere, finds Jackson Browne on vintage form, marrying hummable melodies to both perceptive social commentary lyrics and love songs, addressing doubt and dignity, the need for justice, connection and tolerance in turbulent times. Jackson Browne – Downhill From Everywhere ![]()
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