Ryan Adams is at Uptown tonight, tickets still available

For his 14th studio album, released in September, Ryan Adams decided that it was time to self-title. What is he trying to tell us? Did he run out of ideas for album names? Or could it be that the 11 songs speak to who Adams is more than any other record? If that’s the case, rejoice, fans of Tom Petty: Adams’ latest is full of 1980s and ’90s rock homages. But Adams is also a heavy package of emotions.

Adams has always been a sensitive soul, and on his latest, he has sifted through his deepest feelings here and paired them with his as-usual stellar songwriting. If you’re new to the Church of Ryan Adams, there’s no better place to start than on his self-titled. Some of us (me) have already decided that his tonight’s Uptown show is one of the top Kansas City concerts of the year. So make an effort.

Tickets still available. Snag yours here.