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JP Ruggieri, Gradually Descend Into Chaos Pulling from the American traditions of blues, jazz, and folk, JP Ruggieri makes rhythmic, groove-based roots music. It's a sound grounded in sharp songwriting and nuanced production, created by a longtime road warrior who not only fronts his own project, but regularly performs as a sideman for other genre-bending artists such as Seth Walker, Oliver Wood (The Wood Brothers), Viktor Krauss, Penny & Sparrow, Charlie Hunter, Jarrod Dickenson, and David Ford. Gradually Descend Into Chaos, his second full-length album, finds him in resilient shape, turning a number of challenges — including heartbreak, a lifelong stutter, and a chronic pain condition that upended his day-to-day life for five years — into songs that are vulnerable, eclectic, and even celebratory. Ruggieri is familiar with struggle, but he's familiar with salvation, too. Gradually Descend Into Chaos explores the territory between the two, with Ruggieri teaming up with producer and fellow multi-instrumentalist Jano Rix (longtime drummer for The Wood Brothers) for an album that's every bit as diverse as its creator. -Andrew Leahey