{"product_id":"kevin-morby-little-wide-open-cd","title":"Little Wide Open (CD)","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eHere's one for the Midwest yearners, the tender and cinematic new record from Kevin Morby out May 13. Produced by The National's Aaron Dessner, Little Wide Open is bursting with alt-country and nostalgia, and boasts an impressive roster of contributors; Amelia Meath, Andrew Barr, Justin Vernon, Katie Gavin, Lucinda Williams, Meg Duffy, and more. Tissues mandatory. - \u003cstrong\u003eFlying Out\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"x_elementToProof\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"\u003eFor\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKevin Morby\u003c\/span\u003e, the “little wide open” is the big sky, the small lives, it’s his origins in the Midwest, and every duty and modesty and familiarity and isolation: the land, the people, and the parts of that inside him. “There’s something unintentionally musical about the Midwest; cicadas chirping in the trees, a train passing, a tornado siren going off,” explains Morby. “If you listen, there are these almost ominous sounds taking place beneath the wide-open sky—its ugliness and its beauty and how the two are often working together simultaneously. 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