You probably know Margaret Glaspy as a songwriter, first and foremost. Over three albums, the one-time Texas Fiddle championship contender and current indie folk rock icon has developed a reputation for sharp guitar work, prickly melodies and lyrical penchant for what NPR’s Ken Tucker calls “complexity that unfurls with deceptive directness.” And yet, she’s also an adept interpreter and an agile collaborator, as this seven-song covers EP demonstrates.
These songs all come from the Americana wing of popular music, not country exactly, but infused with that storytelling sensibility. “The Book of Love,” one of the Magnetic Fields’ 69 Love Songs, is, perhaps, the most urbane, puncturing sentimentality with sly lines like…

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