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Rayland Baxter Explores New Ideas on ‘If I Were a Butterfly’

Rayland Baxter Explores New Ideas on ‘If I Were a Butterfly’

The sonic expansion in Rayland Baxter’s If I Were a Butterfly makes for exciting and curious listening, but it also leads to a record that feels scattered.

Rayland Baxter Makes a Masterful Play for the Pop-Rock Middle on ‘Wide Awake’

Rayland Baxter Makes a Masterful Play for the Pop-Rock Middle on ‘Wide Awake’

On Wide Awake, Rayland Baxter channels his inner Paul McCartney, cranks the melodies up to 11, and makes a masterful play for the pop-rock middle.