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The Seattle Times
The Seattle Times
Jerry Cantrell has nothing left to prove. It’s been three decades since the Alice in Chains singer/guitarist summited the music world with his hard-rocking brethren, who satiated their die-hard following with 2018’s return-to-roots “Rainier Fog” album, earning a Grammy nomination along the way. Instead of taking time off once touring wrapped, Cantrell embarked on making his first solo album in nearly 20 years, the superb “Brighten,” released last month to positive reviews. Thirty-some years in, Cantrell sounds as hungry and restless as the kid making noise in Ballard’s old Music Bank studios, …