Tanya Donelly - Whiskey Tango Ghosts

Whiskey Tango Ghosts is without a doubt Tanya Donelly's most simple album of her career. It is also most likely her bravest. Unlike her guitar-friendly work with Belly and Throwing Muses, Donelly eases up on the electric riffs and builds on the sweetness found on 2002's Beautysleep. There isn't a clear-cut theme lingering throughout these 11 songs other than Donelly's own charming appreciation for Stephen Sondheim and some of country music's more classic sounds. She listened to a lot of Gram Parsons, Emmylou Harris, and Lucinda Williams and a bit from Wilco and Neko Case during the recording of Whiskey Tango Ghosts. Read More