There’s something about sitting outside listening to music on a hot summer night. All the better when the performer is someone like K Phillips. Dirty Wonder, his latest release, veers from straight-on rock to Texas red dirt country to hook-heavy pop, all with the soulful swagger that has become the singer-songwriter’s hallmark.
Here’s a tasty sampler of songs from the new album, along with the stirring “Kat’s Song (What I Can’t Have)” from 2012’s American Girls.
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