RIFF’s best albums of 2024 include Ariana Grande, Zach Bryan, Suki Waterhouse, Rosali, Doechii, Johnny Blue Skies (Sturgill Simpson), Father John Misty, A.G. Cook, Fontaines D.C., Remi Wolf, Norah Jones, Pearl Jam, Maggie Rogers, Nilüfer Yanya and Ray Lamontagne. Never before has the music landscape been so fragmented. But…

Ray Lamontagne, “Long Way Home.” Ray LaMontagne likes to repeat himself. Maybe he always had. And maybe we just need him to because with each progressive lyrical repetition the message becomes clearer: He’s making an album that’s trying to penetrate the soul. Long Way Home Ray LaMontagne Liula Records,…

Ray LaMontagne, ‘Monovision.’ Some records make us feel more alive. It isn’t just that the music conjures something inside us when we listen to it, but rather that really good musicians reveal the depth of the emotional oceans within them. The resulting personal connection we feel with these artists…