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And when the full Moon - which occurs roughly every 29.5 days - coincides with the Moon's perigee, it appears bigger and brighter than usual and so we call it a supermoon.

“Brighter Days” finds the artist fusing rock ’n’ roll, country and bluegrass touchstones into a clarity of vision that he’s honed since rising from the Los Angeles cowpunk scene in the 1980s.

Yoakam’s “Greater Bakersfield” is the sieve through which much of “Brighter Days” filtered.

The radio show is also how he fell in with Jeffrey Steele, Bob DiPiero and Shane Minor, who worked on “Brighter Days.”

Although much of Yoakam’s most celebrated work has centered on classic country themes such as hardship, heartache, loneliness and drifting, “Brighter Days” demonstrates considerable joy.