SWEET DANGER - SUZY BOGGUSS
There’s always been a depth and diversity to Suzy Bogguss that signaled she was more than a country singer, so her collaboration with jazz producer Jason Miles isn’t surprising. Some of Nashville’s top songwriters contributed (Gary Burr, Beth Nielsen-Chapman and Doug Crider — Bogguss’ husband — among others), but it’s her pairing with Miles and a mix of Nashville and New York musicians that set the project apart. One of music’s purest vocalists, Bogguss changes things up on “No Good Way to Go,” which finds her analyzing options for leaving her lover, poetry-slam style. Her turn on Chicago’s “If You Leave Me Now” is familiar and fresh. It’s fitting that the album starts with “The Bus Ride,” a tale about making new friends on a journey, because with “Sweet Danger,” Bogguss is likely to do just that. Sweet Danger
