Kathleen Edwards: Back To Me sad sounds swell on "back to me," kathleen edwards' follow-up to a promising 2003 debut, "failer." her droopy dirt-road alto is unadorned, like the countryside in her native canada. yet there's a wonderful warmth to her songs, which search for the lessons coming from loss and disillusion. "pink emerson radio" marinates in melancholy, listing possessions edwards lost in an apartment fire. she offers a dark dictum on another cut: "good things come to those who stop looking." and then there's "in state," inspired by a character reminiscent of the desperate, doomed criminal edwards sang about in an earlier tune, "six o'clock news." "maybe 20 years in state will change your mind," she tells him. with her dusty delivery, edwards sounds like a more-on-pitch lucinda williams, and shares the same eye for detail. she frames her tales with twangy, muscular accompaniment, and often doubles her vocals with sweet harmony - salve for songs of raw emotion. steven wine ap.org				Album reviews Feature articles Interviews Show reviews