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Oscar And Grammy Winner T Bone Burnett Explores Darkness In 1st Original Album In 11 Years

"The Invisible Light: Acoustic Space" is a departure for Burnett, who has spent most of his career behind the scenes as a producer for the music industry's biggest stars.
Grammy and Oscar-winning songwriter T Bone Burnett has come out with his first original album in 11 years, "The Invisible Light: Acoustic Space." (Courtesy T Bone Burnett via Facebook)

Grammy and Oscar-winning songwriter T Bone Burnett’s latest album, “The Invisible Light: Acoustic Space,” is a departure for the artist, who has spent most of his career behind the scenes as a producer for the industry’s biggest stars.

But fans will hardly recognize the electronic trance that rumbles throughout Burnett’s first new album in 11 years.

“It’s called ‘The Invisible Light’ because there is, inside of all is darkness, there is light,” Burnett tells Here & Now’s Peter O’Dowd. “You

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