The musical journey that has led Kim Richey to her latest album, "Thorn in My Heart," has been a dream run. Kim has released a series critically acclaimed albums and has written two number-one and four top-ten hits. She has had her songs recorded by the likes of Trisha Yearwood, and sung on albums by Ryan Adams, Shawn Colvin, and Mary Chapin Carpenter. Her songs are beautifully crafted, irresistibly melodic, and often deep. Kim comes to Michigan with a new release, "Thorn in My Heart," that's another masterpiece of smart, sensual understatement. The album attracted an array of top-tier guests who have felt Richey's influence including Jason Isbell, Wilco’s Pat Sansone, My Morning Jacket’s Carl Broemel, Will Kimbrough, and Trisha Yearwood. And the dozen songs themselves show that Richey’s still dreaming up fetching melodies that arc and bend in unexpected ways, and still discovering fresh angles from which to articulate matters of the heart.