Vashti Bunyan: Lookaftering

Wayward folk queen Vashti Bunyan finally follows her 35-year-old debut with a second set of wistful, dreamy, acoustic melodies. Lookaftering retains the airy warmth and sparse orchestration of her 1970 release, but dispenses with the youthful naïveté. Looking back instead of forward, Bunyan's sage-like lyrics make masterful meaning of her wandering, agrarian past. -Andrew Phillips