Conor Oberst finds peace in the swirl of sadness on “Upside Down Mountain”
Sitting on a giant boulder in Central Park while the sunlight began to dim against the trees, I listened to Conor Oberst’s new album Upside Down Mountain and confronted the inflating story lines of my life. Oberst, known mostly for Bright Eyes, but also Desaparecidos, Monsters of Folk, the group with Jim James, Mike Mogis and...