Beth Orton, courtesy. This week we traipse between a variety of genres that define the current states of pop. The bright power-pop of Jukebox the Ghost (featuring Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness) and a bluegrass-inspired ditty from Young Guv contrast with a gritty techno-pop dance track by VTSS, a…

In 1968, American singer-songwriter Bobbie Gentry recorded her sophomore album, The Delta Sweete. It dropped a year after her no. 1 single, “Ode to Billy Joe,” but never took off. The album became a hard-to-find talisman for the few lucky musicians and music lovers who happened upon it in obscure…