Sailing Home

Rosana Eckert finds the Texan singer back in the studio after a nine year hiatus from recording (though she never left performance). Her fourth recorded venture, this set is a partial collaboration with Peter Eldridge (with some tunes co-composed with Eckert's husband, Gary Eckert), but it's mostly a showcase for Eckert's compositional work (she is primarily known as a vocalist). Trading piano accompaniment for guitar and bringing a warm vibe to the title song, there's a studied yet ethereal focus to "Someone Else's Life," and some fun and funk on the New Orleans-styled romp, "Coriander Stomp."