Black

Bentley’s eighth studio album is filled with heartfelt storytelling and wide-screen production. It’s hard not to get swept away with the echoing guitars and deeply human stories of <i>Black</i>—whether we’re lost in the passionate flood of the title track or on the breezy rebound fling of “Somewhere on a Beach”. While the inspired collaborations (with Trombone Shorty, Elle King or songwriter Maren Morris) speak to his genre-bending appeal, it’s personal, introspective tracks like “Why Do I Feel” and “All the Way to Me” that hit the hardest.