“Wherever one goes in the Southwest, one encounters magic, strength, and beauty,” Ansel Adams wrote. Inspired by the same landscape each track on Todd Mosby’s album has a quality that invites you to stay a while longer, exploring the nuances and allowing the smallest moments to be epic in their own way.

As if I wasn’t already regretting having the pool closed for the winter, along comes Todd Mosby’s Land of Enchantment with its Indian raga influence and its impossibly summery vibe. The teasing strums, the hinting key changes, and the pulsing rhythms create and sustain a blissful state of mind. I have no doubt that whatever mood you wish to be in, this album will take you there. It is a masterwork of alluring calm.

Musicians: Todd Mosby (guitar), Tom Scott (woodwinds), Vinnie Colaiuta (drums), Rhonda Smith (bass), Charlie Bisharat (violin), Dapo Torimiro (piano), Laura Vall (vocals), Timothy Bailey (bass), Arianna Woods (cello), David Leach (percussion), Ranya Ibiqal (cello).