The Tallest Man on Earth (2015)

Put Dark Bird is Home, the first studio album the Tallest Man on Earth has released since the bold, crystal clear There’s No Leaving Now, in your ears and it will stop you dead in your tracks. There’s an earnestness to the album that plants your feet and commands attention. This isn’t generic folk sadness; it’s bright, secluded and poignant independent folk. If you have seen him live, you know that he surges and feeds off that same attention on stage. With only a guitar and a pick, the Swedish singer-songwriter Kristian Matsson has an arresting power. He’s bringing that show to the Dallas’ House of Blues again on Friday, September 11, and the 32-year-old is working off Dark Bird’s fleshed out, yet still raw, song list. American singer-songwriter Lady Lamb, who has her own electricity in her latest album After, will open for Tallest Man.