Concluding my look at the albums of 2006…

I usually come away from these Decades series with at least one artist I plan to revisit, and for 2006 it’s The Decemberists, whose fourth album — The Crane Wife — dropped that year.

I remember hearing about this album at the time, but for whatever reason I never bought it (back when we had to buy music). So this is my first real exposure to the Portland-based indie band.

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