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Aaron Neville - "I Know I've Been Changed"

Aaron Neville - "I Know I've Been Changed"

by Nick DeRiso With a voice that's axiomatically compared with winged messengers from God, Aaron Neville's gospel records ought to form the cornerstone of his resume, right? Instead, the New Orleans singing legend's two previous attempts felt too forced, like being dragged into church.

Forgotten series: Lucinda Williams - Essence

Forgotten series: Lucinda Williams - Essence

by Nick DeRiso Lucinda Williams brings a brave, riveting vulnerability to Essence -- and, for me, it's her masterpiece. Yet you are more apt to find it in the cutout bin at a big-box department store than at the top of most people's desert-island lists.

Mike Marshall, Alex Hargreaves, Paul Kowert - Mike Marshall's Big Trio (2009)

Mike Marshall, Alex Hargreaves, Paul Kowert - Mike Marshall's Big Trio (2009)

by Pico As an acclaimed maestro on a variety of stringed instruments (violin, mandolin, guitar) Mike Marshall can call upon just about anyone in the field of progressive bluegrass to accompany him on an album. For his fresh-out-of-the-oven album Mike Marshall's Big Trio, he

Levon Helm - Electric Dirt (2009)

Levon Helm - Electric Dirt (2009)

by Nick DeRiso Nothing drove old Levon Helm down. Not the messy dissolution of his group, The Band; the perhaps inevitable subsequent financial ruin; a terrifying bout with throat cancer; a pair of shatteringly tragic deaths within his inner circle; or a yawning quarter century span between solo records that