For 36 years and 14 albums, Texas songwriter James McMurtry has, in a sense, followed in his father’s footsteps, presenting his brand of country noir music as Larry McMurtry embraced literature in novels like “Lonesome Dove.” The Black Dog and the Wandering Boy is McMurtry’s second release on New West Records, coming four years after he pushed at the framework and notions of roots music with The Horse and the Hounds.
The new album features appearances by Sarah Jarosz, Charlie Sexton, Bonnie Whitmore, Bukka Allen, and others, as well as his familiar backing band with BettySoo on accordion & backing vocals, Cornbread on bass, Tim Holt on guitar, and Daren Hess on drums.
There’s an unhurried sturdiness and maturity…

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