Album Review: Riderless Horse by Nina Nastasia

The New York-based songwriter's first album in 12 years documents the aftermath of her 25-year relationship with producer and close collaborator Kennan Gudjonsson. Its songs provide a reckoning of how their relationship wilted into an abusive, dysfunctional circle of control, manipulation and misery, a fraught situation that led to Nastasia giving up on making music, and which remained hidden from the outside world. In January 2020, Nastasia left the couple's small apartment; the following day, Gudjonsson took his own life.

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