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Apr 24, 2026Kahan’s music is a smart synthesis of Bon Iver’s ethereal falsetto indie-folk, Zach Bryan‘s everyman storytelling, Mumford & Sons’ acoustic stomp, and a Taylor Swiftian eye for lyrical detail, not to mention well-constructed bridges — all carefully weaved, well-wrought, and rendered with a tasteful light touch and a real pop sensibility.
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Apr 24, 2026With his last album, ‘Stick Season’, Noah Kahan confirmed the reign of folk-pop in the current age, and with ‘The Great Divide’, he further proves that he’s not just a one-hit wonder.
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Apr 24, 2026The sprawling album takes as its central premise a topic that has led many a singer-songwriter down a path of unrelatable self-indulgence — grappling with sudden fame — but Kahan is unsparing enough to make it work.
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Apr 28, 2026Knowing that Kahan is capable of a song like “August” just makes the more pro forma arrangements on the rest of the album more frustrating.