Charlotte Cornfield could have done anything for her last album, her fifth. The one that the magazine RollingStone billed as “Canada’s best-kept secret” instead returns with a singular, engaging and profound alt-folk, which she has perfected with each new record since Two Horsespublished in 2011. Could Have Done Anything is thus a delicate set of nine songs — all written, composed and performed by the Torontonian and inspired by her recent explorations. After driving to the Hudson Valley in New York State, Charlotte Cornfield set to work alongside producer and musician Josh Kaufman, known in particular for his collaborations with Taylor Swift, The War on Drugs or The National and who accompanies him by playing different instruments. This is partly told you and mewhile Gentle Like the Drugs is, for example, imbued with a passage of the artist in Arizona. In reality, Could Have Done Anything simply, but surely, opens the way to the field of possibilities and infinite emotional relief.
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