2009-09-04
As Willie Nelson departs his record company, Lost Highway, for another classic brand (Blue Note), the good folks at Lost Highway have released this "chestnuts" package with songs from previously released LH recordings -- along with four never-on-record-before cuts (one of which we can't play). The set starts out strong with assists from Rob Thomas and Lee Ann Womack, and the Jimmy Cliff tune from "Countryman" is always a treat. And of course, any duet with Lucinda is worth hearing again. The disc ends with two songs relating to the film "Brokeback Mountain," the first one an iTunes hit now on record; the second unplayable because of language. In all, a solid compilation of the latest Willie Era, on the cusp of him beginning yet another. Michael J. 09/09 F-AmericanaTHE PANTONES
Inside the Sun's Wild Flame
DAVE BOUTETTE
The Piccolo Heart
Mary Chapin Carpenter
The Calling
ELIZA GILKYSON
– Beautiful World
SHANIMAL
Rough & Tumble: Everybody Gets the Blues
TERRI HENDRIX
The Spiritual Kind
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