Somehow already gone more than 25 years, Jeff Buckley seemed to have been born with one foot already rooted in the beyond.

David Preston, Rob Meany and others are part of the latest edition of Five for the Road, an occasional look at music that’s been in my car lately.

Released 10 years ago, Bob Dylan’s ‘Tempest’ tells stories in which nobody is saved – or maybe even forgiven. Yet in the end, there were tender mercies for those who made it this far.

Released 15 years ago this week, Levon Helm’s ‘Dirt Farmer’ was so determinedly rustic that it made the Band sound like sleek electronica.

Su Andersson’s ‘Brave’ is an album that follows in the great assertive tradition of progressive folk, meeting the blue-jeaned coffee-house muster of old.

The new Charm of Finches album ‘Wonderful Oblivion’ is a delightful kite that floats in the airy beauty of folk chamber music, caressing melodic breezes.

Times have changed but in adapting to it on ‘I Hope I Know,’ Seth Walker shows that his mastery of Americana music is just as it was during the ‘old’ times.

JD Souther’s ‘If the World Was You’ demonstrated that a great artist in the second half of his career can still deliver compelling work.

Self-proclaimed “alt-folk rock” songwriter Dan Tedesco joined Erik Ritland to discuss releasing albums “horizontally instead of vertically.”

Mark Saleski offers an in-depth examination of Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Nebraska,’ which was primarily recorded 40 years ago today.