The wry lightly Dylanesque modern folk singer, songwriter and guitarist issued two albums of new material this year:
Doubleheader, 18 odes dedicated to his boyhood obsession and favorite subject, baseball (like in "The Year-By-Year Home Run Totals of Barry Bonds" and "When My Buckner Moment Comes"); and a more traditional Bern effort,
Drifters, filled out by band members from LA collective Common Rotation on banjo, dobro and trumpet.
— Leilani Polk