For folksinger Willi Carlisle, singing is healing. And by singing together, he believes we can begin to reckon with the inevitability of human suffering and grow in love. On Critterland, Carlisle invites audiences to join him: 'If we allow ourselves to sing together, there's a release of sadness, maybe even a communal one. And so for me personally, singing, like the literal act of thinking through suffering, is really freeing,' he says.

Rooted in the eclectic world of his live shows, Carlisle's third album was produced by GRAMMY Award-nominated Darrell Scott. Critterland is a wild romp through the backwaters of his mind and America, lingering in the odd corners of human nature to visit obscure oddballs, dark secrets and complicated truths about the beauty and pain of life and love. Paste Magazine recently raved, 'Carlisle has quickly established himself as one of country music's most important and unmistakable voices.' 1. Critterland 2. Dry County Dust 3. The Arrangements 4. The Great Depression 5. Two-Headed Lamb 6. A Higher Lonesome 7. I Want No Children 8. Jaybird 9. When the Pills Wear Off 10. The Money Grows on Trees