RAY LAMONTAGNE Gossip In The Grain (2008 US 10-track double vinyl LP - Recorded with returning producer, Ethan Johns, in Box, England, and touching upon a range of styles and musical settings - spanning pastoral folk, railroad blues, front porchcountry, and plangent balladry - 'Gossip In The Grain' proves to be his most creative and emotionally expansive collection to date. Whereas 'Trouble' & 'Till The Sun Turns Black' were largely solo affairs, with Johns serving as multi-tasking instrumentalist, 'Gossip In The Grain' sees Ray joined by members of his touring band, bassist Jennifer Condos and guitarist Eric Heywood, with Johns handling drum duties. Both discs are in excellent condition and housed in a beautifully textured, sepia-tinted gatefold sleeve - brilliant)