Audio Mixer: Casey Foubert.

Seattle-based alt-folkie Rocky Votolato's BRAG AND CUSS is that staple of singer-songwriter pop, the loosely connected concept album about life on the road. The indie-era equivalent of Jackson Browne's RUNNING ON EMPTY, BRAG AND CUSS features songs about homesickness, wanderlust, and the aging process ("Postcard From Kentucky," "The Wrong Side of Reno," and "The Old Holland,"to name a few). Recording with a full band featuring a banjo player and organist, Votolato mines the early sound of the Band alongside contemporaries like Iron and Wine or Ryan Adams.