Album reviews: Taylor Swift, Paul McCartney and the Black Keys

A mellowing US superstar, a Beatles legend and a blues/rock duo are reviewed this week

Taylor Swift’s surprise album Folklore presented gentle ruminations on love, romance and inner searching that calmed anxious, self-quarantining sensibilities. Picture: Kevin Kane/WireImage

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Taylor Swift

Evermore (Republic)

Earlier this year, Taylor Swift’s surprise album Folklore presented gentle ruminations on love, romance and inner searching that calmed anxious, self-quarantining sensibilities. Evermore arrived in the first week of December, and the only negative that can be said about it is that the songs don’t surprise as much as its unforeseen arrival. That said, as with Folklore, they resonate with a subdued, dreamy expression: gorgeous and sonically absorbing. Is it ...