Emma Donovan returns to her childhood love of country music on her second solo album, following a trio of outings backed by funk/soul ensemble The Putbacks. After all, the Australian singer-songwriter joined her family’s country band The Donovans when she was just 11, before collaborating widely across subsequent decades. Despite its central focus on one particular genre, Til My Song Is Done casts Donovan’s deeply moving vocals and unmistakably personal lyrics in a variety of contexts. Opener “Change Is Coming” is a bluegrass barnstormer featuring guest vocalist Liz Stringer, “Blak Nation” is a funky statement about the future of First Nations people in Australia and “Lovin’ Looks Like” provides earnest advice about manifesting love within yourself before giving it to someone else. Paul Kelly joins in for the slow waltz “Sing You Over”, which honours the passing of life in much the same way as the closing “Yibaanga Gangaa”, a version of the Christian hymn “Sweet By & By” transposed to the Gumbaynggirr language. And, in a lovely bout of levity amid so many profound songs about family and community, “Liquid Gold” tackles those same themes within an affectionate flashback to 1980s country radio.