The Canadian dream-pop band Alvvays played first; its last album, “Blue Rev,” was one of my favorites of 2022, and I especially love this fuzzed out, gently melancholic second track. Tanya Tucker: “Delta Dawn”When I traveled to the Gorge in Washington earlier this summer to catch Brandi Carlile’s Echoes Through the Canyon festival — and, you know, a certain very, very special headliner — I was lucky enough to catch an early evening set by the country icon Tanya Tucker. My first favorite part was when Tucker uncorked a bottle of her signature tequila and passed it around the front row. Each Highwoman played a solo cover during the set, and Shires wowed me with a poignant rendition of “Always on My Mind,” which she dedicated to Bobbie Nelson. Luckily, you didn’t just have to be there: The studio recording of the song, on which Nelson played piano shortly before she died last year, is gorgeous, and quite close to the version Shires played live.

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Persons: Alvvays, ”, Alex G, “ Gretel ”, Taylor Swift, Archer ”, Taylor, Tanya Tucker, Brandi Carlile’s, —, Tucker, Amanda Shires, Bobbie Nelson, “, Carlile, Maren Morris, Natalie Hemby, Nelson Organizations: Spotify, BRIC Arts, YouTube, Philadelphia, “, Delta, Shires Locations: Prospect, Brooklyn, Washington