Best Songs of 2010 – Honorable Mentions

Jakob Dylan, who has lived up to his songwriting lineage over several Wallflowers and two solo albums, released a low-key collection of ballads titled Women and Country earlier this year.

I haven’t revisited the album much since I first got to know it because it’s a decidedly somber affair. But song for song it is an assured and meaningful record.

Dylan has settled into a sort of retro folk style that seems influenced more by his father’s influences than by his father’s own music.

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