Julie Miller dances on a high wire: a baby-voiced soprano who doesn’t skew cute, a Christian who never stoops to soapbox, a straightforward lyricist who still surprises. “Dancing Girl” is one of those modal folk-rock anthems that lighten Celtic hearts like mineuntil we hear the part that suggests Miller is talking about a Bangkok child whore. Pamela Murray Winters
Blue Pony
A few of the things we're listening to this week, in no particular order