Even as a younger man, Kris Kristofferson had a certain salty quality. Now, at the age of 73, he has fully embraced the fact that he is indeed an old man. But what an old man he is — with his weathered voice and worldly know-how, Kristofferson uses his new album to distill the essence of what he truly is: one of the world’s greatest songwriters and storytellers.
Capturing the same kind of golden-years magic that Rick Rubin got with Johnny Cash and Neal Diamond, Kristofferson and producer Don Was go for a raw, stripped-down style that is both brutally honest and beautifully touching. Singing about everything from love and death to Sinead O’Connor, the songs are only intensified by Kristofferson’s intimately ragged voice. Haunting and real, Closer to the Bone is proof that as this songwriter grows older, he’s still growing wiser.
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