very big night on Sunday. The Grammy Awards are happening in six days, and Bridgers is nominated for four awards, including Best New Artist. With the big show coming up, the people at Spotify are doing a new thing this week. They’re releasing five new Spotify Singles, one from each of the Best New Artist nominees. Bridgers, naturally, is first up. For each of these Spotify Singles, the artists are sharing new versions of their own songs, and they’re also doing new versions of songs from past Best New Artist nominees. At this point, Bridgers must’ve gotten used to coming up with new versions of the songs from her album Punisher. Last month, for instance, Bridgers got together virtually with Jackson Browne, Philip Glass, and the Scorchio Quartet to sing “Kyoto” for Glass’ annual Tibet House benefit. Today, she’s releasing a recording of “Kyoto” featuring Browne. It’s not the same as the Tibet House version. Instead, it’s a warm and intimate take, built on acoustic guitar and what sounds like mellotron. Browne sings backup, and his voice meshes with Bridgers’ beautifully.

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