Mark Erelli

We cannot be delivered from one thing without being delivered into something else, which is to say, without being changed. It’s an apt title for Erelli’s new collection, produced by Zack Hickman (Josh Ritter). "Delivered" is a recording born of change, a reckoning of new things seen and old things seen anew. From the stark, first-take of “Volunteers,” to the slashing, Neil Young and Crazy Horse treatment given to “Shadowland,” from the stirring crescendo of horns that ends “Not Alone,” to the Paul Simon-esque bounce of “Once,” "Delivered" is the sound of a confident artist in complete control of his dynamic musical range. All the talk of new voicings and instrumentations would seem a bit academic, if not for the plain fact Erelli, frankly, sings his ass off,,,,In all regards, “Delivered” delivers.