Ruminations is Conor Oberst’s Nebraska: It’s a set of stripped-down solo recordings, mostly just piano, harmonica and Oberst’s rough poetry, written during a snowy Omaha winter and recorded quickly. Its title is apt: These are thoughtful, interior songs, with little of the jittery anxiety of the early Bright Eyes recordings to which they’ll inevitably be … Continue reading Essential New Music: Conor Oberst’s “Ruminations”