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Sharon Van Etten, ‘Tramp’

‘Tramp’

By Marc Hirsh

 |  Globe Correspondent  

  February 14, 2012

In a different time, Sharon Van Etten could have been a folk-based singer/songwriter in the mold of Kath Bloom, with an overflowing heart communicated through a throaty tremolo; or possibly a gauzy romantic along the lines of Mazzy Star, all languid vocals and spacious acoustic strums. On “Tramp,’’ her third album, she embraces both.

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