One Track Mind: Billy Joe Shaver with Willie Nelson, “Hard To Be An Outlaw” (2014)
Willie Nelson’s presence here means a debt has finally been repaid.
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One Track Mind: Henry Butler + Steven Bernstein, “Gimme a Pigfoot” from Viper’s Drag (2014)
This is music that builds on the past – rather than fetishizing it.
Ruthie Foster, “Singing the Blues” from ‘Promise of a Brand New Day’ (2014): One Track Mind
Ruthie Foster sets the stage for ‘Promise of a Brand New Day’ with a light-filled paean to the healing powers of song.
One Track Mind: Judith Owen, “Summer Breeze,” from In The Summertime (2014)
This song will always evoke a sense of late-season wistfulness.
Richard Thompson, “Walking on a Wire” from Acoustic Classics (2014): One Track Mind
Richard Thompson takes an old favorite, and does an unexpected thing.
One Track Mind: Elvis Costello, Jim James + Marcus Mumford, “Nothing To It” from Lost on the River: The New Basement Tapes (2014)
You can tell their heart is in it. But something important is off.
Jackson Browne, “The Birds of St. Marks” from ‘Standing in the Breach’ (2014): One Track Mind
Jackson Browne explores a Byrds-ian jangle on this full-band version of a song for Nico that’s been laying around since 1970.
One Track Mind: John Mellencamp, “Troubled Man” from Plain Spoken (2014)
A canny combination of the Mellencamp of old and the Mellencamp of today.
One Track Mind: Bob Dylan, “Full Moon and Open Arms” (2014)
It may be a Sinatra song, but Dylan sticks close to his more recent sound.
One Track Mind: Justin Hayward, “One Day Someday” from Spirits … Live (2014)
Hayward has never sounded closer to the material, or closer to us.
