Music Review: Ed Sheeran returns to his roots on ‘Play,’ a cross-cultural playground
NEW YORK — Ed Sheeran has long sought to bring people together with his music, whether it be his emotionally resonant acoustic ballads or unproblematic, danceable pop hits. “Play,” his eighth studio album out Friday, stays in that familiar lane for the most part. In his quest, Sheeran has maintained an everyman quality by carefully…