ALBUM REVIEW: Candace Hastings Dazzles on ‘A Soft Place to Land’
Candace Hastings has spent a lifetime searching for A Soft Place to Land, the title of her new album. The Texas-based singer-songwriter draws on the region’s legends for this album, a gentle tour through nostalgic music all about the people who break our hearts – and
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Candace Hastings has spent a lifetime searching for A Soft Place to Land, the title of her new album. The Texas-based singer-songwriter draws on the region’s legends for this album, a gentle tour through nostalgic music all about the people who break our hearts – and what it takes to pick up the pieces, even if they can’t be glued back together. Hastings grew up in Dallas, knowing she was adopted. With a guitar as one of her few companions, she became a keen observer of others, a skill that is evident in these songs.
The album kicks off with “Loving Cowboys,” an ageless song examining one of the oldest country music tropes. The wry regret in Hastings’ voice recalls Patsy Cline, while the jingling piano keys and jaunty guitar fills drive home the folly of testing an age-old truth and hoping that maybe – just maybe – she’ll be the exception this time.
