Stars in My Crown: Jorma Kaukonen: A solo album by one of the founders of Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna. This acoustic offering has a lovely sound to it. There's classic gospel, evidenced by a good cover of the title song, mixed with reggae (Kaukonen does a credible version of The Rivers of Babylon), mixed with blues, in the form of Come Back, Baby. Kaukonen even does a version of Johnny Cash's The Man Comes Around, that, while not quite as powerful as Cash's, still does credit to Kaukonen, Cash, and the song. This is an album that I'm glad I bought in its entirety, not song by song, as every song seems to fit together despite the varying genres.Wilco: They are coming here in March and I have decent tickets, thanks to Poppy! Yay! I would never have known they were coming here if it hadn't been for her -- that's how good the advertising is in our area; an out-of-state resident had to let me know one of my favorite bands was coming to my town.
Friday Shuffle
- Hand Me Down: The Wallflowers from Breach -- Jakob Dylan's song about his dad -- at least that's how it sounds to me.
- Like a Star: Corinne Bailey Rae from Corinne Bailey Rae
- Prairie Fire: Cris Williamson from Prairie Fire
- Sister's Coming Home: Emmylou Harris from Blue Kentucky Girl
- Hell Hound on My Trail: Cassandra Wilson from Blue Light Till Dawn
- Catching On: Son Volt from Trace
- Is There Life After Breakfast: Ray Davies from Other People's Lives
- In California: Neko Case from Live From Austin, Texas
- Dark as a Dungeon: Johnny Cash from Unearthed
- Scythian Empires: Andrew Bird from Armchair Apocrypha
