Since making his full-length debut in 2010, Allen Stone has built a devoted following on the strength of his deeply reflective yet wide-eyed and radiant form of soul music. On his new album Apart, the Washington-based singer/songwriter reimagines some of his most beloved songs to date, stripping each lavishly arranged track back to the very essence of its creation. Not only an ideal showcase for his powerfully emotive voice, the result is a testament to the magic within Stone's artistry: a profound understanding of music's potential to imprint upon our lives, and a commitment to creating the kind of songs that endlessly impart wisdom and comfort and undeniable joy.As Stone reveals, recording Apart was a longtime dream finally realized in the depths of the pandemic. "The songs I love most pretty much always start out with just me and a piano or a guitar," he says. "But then when you go to record, you end up putting all this production behind them-you're taking the original structure and adding shingles and paint and fancy windows, and eventually you can't see the floorboards anymore. I've always wanted to see if I could pull it off to put something down on wax that's just my voice and an instrument and really nothing else." 1. Unaware 2. Give You Blue 3. Bed I Made 4. Brown Eyed Lover 5. Lay it Down 6. Consider Me 7. American Privilege 8. Circle 9. The Wire 10. Where You're At 11. I Know That I Wasn't Right 12. Is This Love