Kathleen Edwards - Voyageur The Canadian singer-songwriter made a splash in 2003 with the lusty rock debut "Failer," and since then she has eased comfortably into her craft with a pair of safe, sure follow-ups. Album No. 4 finds her back in a place of creative and emotional tumult, fertile ground for starting an album. In the making of "Voyageur," Ms. Edwards not only divorced her guitarist/husband Colin Cripps, she hooked up romantically with Justin Vernon of Bon Iver, whom she initially reached out to for just a creative spark. When word came of their collaboration, it was natural to imagine her embracing ethereal autotune-d compositions and electronic textures. There's none of the former, but they do add atmospheric touches to her sturdy Americana rock, particularly to the pulsing single "Change the Sheets," that has her pleading, "Here is the truth, I swear it was fun/go ahead/run, run, run, run..." Rather than a typical folk-rock song, "Sidecar" comes with space-rock's blips, buzzes and whistles. And Mr. Vernon clearly takes her spare, melancholy songs like "A Soft Place to Land" and "Going to Hell" into bigger, dreamier territory. Still, her vivid storytelling and familiar melodic style make this very much a Kathleen Edwards record - one that is rife with mixed emotions and marital regret. "House of Empty Rooms" almost speaks for itself. "Looking back, it was such a dumb idea," she sings evocatively in "Pink Champagne," "five girls in the same colored dress." Rating: 3 out of 4 Scott Mervis Pittsburgh Post-Gazette				Album reviews Feature articles Interviews Show reviews