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Half a century ago, Anita Carter's stardom seemed assured. Her magnificent Appalachian soprano and physical beauty were unequaled. She had two 1951 hit duets with Hank Snow. She sang with Hank Williams on a 1952 appearance on Kate Smith's television show. Yet that year, demure, mature

The sensibility connections between the subject of this tribute (the late and unforgettable honky-tonker Johnny Paycheck) and the album's producer (the live and irreplaceable Robbie Fulks) go a long ways toward describing this music and the performers brought together to deliver it with so much audible affection. Both

The lion in winter. He's the king of the jungle, and he's won the title fair and square. He suns himself on the hill and watches his young descendants vying for the spot he'll soon vacate. But what they don't know is