Album Review: Amos Lee - Mountains Of Sorrow, Rivers Of Song

Bookending itself with two reflective, pretty songs (Johnson Blvd and Burden) might give the impression that country superstar Amos Lee's follow-up to his US chart-topping 2011 Mission Bell is a one-trick pony. But as soon as the banjo introduces Stranger, it's clear Lee has a few strings to his bow.

Channelling contemporaries Zac Brown Band and Ray LaMontagne on his fifth record, Lee confirms himself a diverse, impressive songwriter, and with his band of some of Philadelphia's finest musicians – not to mention guest spots by Alison Krauss and Patty Griffin – Mountains Of Sorrow, Rivers Of Song is a rollicking ride.