Sarah Borges and the Broken Singles - Diamonds In The Dark

Sarah Borges is the kind of person whose DNA would read like a musical chart if you mapped it out on paper. Diamonds in the Dark, Borges' second album spells that out in lush detail, with every plaintive vocal twist and every rollicking guitar turn offering up proof that the Massachusetts native knows her way around American music's roots.

After gathering the originals that form the core of Diamonds in the Dark, Borges and her band the Broken Singles reached far and wide for a smattering of equally intriguing covers. From the aching False Eyelashes (usually associated with Dolly Parton) to an early classic from Los Angeles punk pioneers X, who she willingly identifies as 'probably my favorite band of all time.'

While Borges readily acknowledges devouring songs from recordings made decades before she was born - Wanda Jackson, Bob Wills and vintage Merle Haggard have all been in heavy rotation on her stereo - she has always offset those influences with the music of the here-and-now.

• The Day We Met
• Come Back To Me
• Stop And Think It Over
• Around 9
• Lonely Town Of Love
• False Eyelashes
• Modern Trick
• Belle Of The Bar
• Open Up Your Back Door
• Lord Only Knows
• Diablito
• Blind Love