First Listen: Sarah Jaffe, 'Don't Disconnect' — npr.org

hide captionSarah Jaffe's new album, Don't Disconnect, comes out Aug. 19. Sarah Jaffe's new album, Don't Disconnect, comes out Aug. 19. When Texas singer-songwriter Sarah Jaffe released The Body Wins in 2012, it functioned as both a high-profile introduction and a radical left turn. Jaffe had spent a few years as an under-the-radar up-and-comer, but her best-known songs ("Clementine," "Even Born Again") tended toward brooding folk-pop balladry. It's a craft she'd virtually perfected, but competition in that field is steep and notably plentiful.

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