Alt-country heartbreaker Ryan Adams looms large over the contemporary roots scene, giving rise to legions of artists who use comforting classic-rock sounds as a salve for raw emotional bloodletting. Jason Isbell's “Cigarettes and Wine” exhibits Adams' flair for drowning sorrows in alcohol and self-deprecating humour; like Adams' break-up ballad “Everybody Knows”, Jesse Malin's “She Don't Love Me Now” chases heartache with honeyed harmonies.