First Listen: New Releases for November 24
Another really slow week, as expected with the holiday. Hard to say there's a lot that's essential, either. The New Basement Tapes - Lost on the River : One of my all-time favorite albums is the first volume of Mermaid Avenue , where Billy Bragg and Wilco put music to the lyrics of Woody Guthrie. This is essentially the Bob Dylan version of that, with producer T Bone Burnett getting a bunch of artists together, including Marcus Mumford and the lead singer of Dawes, to work with songs written by Bob Dylan. I'm not much of a Dylan guy, but I'm not much of a Guthrie guy, either, and a lot of this just, well, didn't work for me at all. It actually feels uninspired in a lot of places, and tries to channel a time that doesn't quite work with what's expected or who is performing. Overall, I recommend skipping it unless you have an interest in some of the players or Dylan. CJ Ramone - Last Chance to Dance : Ramones bassist CJ Ramone puts out his first punk ...