The most ear-grabbing number on Jeff Talmadge’s new album, Kind of Everything, is “Sometimes You Choose Love,” bouncy, buoyant country blues about the unpredictability of the heart. Like most of this singer-songwriter’s work, this song disarms the listener with a relaxed, reassuring vocal and sparkling, finger-picking guitar, only to slip in a

The most ear-grabbing number on Jeff Talmadge’s new album, Kind of Everything, is “Sometimes You Choose Love,” bouncy, buoyant country blues about the unpredictability of the heart. Like most of this singer-songwriter’s work, this song disarms the listener with a relaxed, reassuring vocal and sparkling, finger-picking guitar, only to slip in a discomfiting truth. We like to believe we rule our destinies, but Talmadge reminds us that “Sometimes you choose love; sometimes love chooses you.” — By Geoffrey Himes

TRACK LIST: If It Wasn’t For The Wind / Hamburg Violin / Kind of Everything / One Spectacular Moon / It’ll Sure Be Bold Tonight / Molly / Summer Road / Mississippi Moon / He’ll Give Her Back This Town Tonight / Step By Step (As Long As) / It Hasn’t Happened / Sometimes You Choose Love / In The Quiet of Christmas