Josh Rouse suffers midlife crisis with plenty of charm

Josh Rouse suffers midlife crisis with plenty of charm

Josh Rouse’s melancholy streak goes next level on his latest album, “The Embers of Time,” which finds the veteran singer-songwriter coming face to face with his midlife crisis.

[...] even as he opens up about his struggles with depression and therapy, it makes for another winning collection of songs from a musician who is never short of wit — or a knockout melody.

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