Patty Griffin – 1000 Kisses (CD)

Patty Griffin's songwriting has always operated at the intersection of folk intimacy and gospel-soaked emotional weight, and *1000 Kisses* finds her fully inhabiting that space. Released in 2002, it deepened the reputation she'd built with *Living with Ghosts* and *Flaming Red*, drawing admirers from Emmylou Harris to Buddy Miller, both of whom became close collaborators in the years that followed.