William looks at new releases from Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell, and Mick Harvey; a tribute album to American punk musician Jeffrey Lee Pierce; a colloboration between John Mellencamp, T Bone Burnett and writer Stephen King - a concept album called Ghost Brothers of Darkland County; and a re-release of Lee Hazlewood's 1963 album Trouble is a Lonesome Town, complete with lots of bonus extras.
Playlist
'Song title' (Composer) – Performers
Album title
(Label)
'Green Pastures' (Hoose) – Emmylou Harris, Ricky Skaggs
Duets
(Reprise)
'Dreaming My Dreams' (Reynolds) – Emmylou Harris, Rodney Crowell
Old Yellow Moon
(Nonesuch)
'Open Season on my heart' (Crowell/Slater) – Emmylou Harris, Rodney Crowell
Old Yellow Moon
(Nonesuch)
'Bull Rider' (Crowell) – Emmylou Harris, Rodney Crowell
Old Yellow Moon
(Nonesuch)
'Your husband’s cheating on us' (Berg) – Matraca Berg
Love’s Truck Stop
(Dualtone)
'Back when we were beautiful' (Berg) – Emmylou Harris, Rodney Crowell
Old Yellow Moon
(Nonesuch)
'The Breaking Hands' (Pierce) – Nick Cave, Deborah Harry
The Journey is Long: The Jeffrey Lee Pierce Project
(Fuse)
'St Mark’s Place' (Pierce) – Lydia Lunch
We are only Riders: The Jeffrey Lee Pierce Project
(Glitterhouse)
'St Mark’s Place' (Pierce) – Mick Harvey
The Journey is Long: The Jeffrey Lee Pierce Project
(Fuse)
'Glorious' (PJ Harvey) – Mick Harvey
Four Acts of Love
(Mute)
'Wild Hearts run out of Time' (Orbison) – Mick Harvey
Four Acts of Love
(Mute)
'You don’t know me' (Mellencamp) – Rosanne Cash
Ghost Brothers of Darkland County
(Hear Music)
'So Goddam Good' (Mellencamp/Burnett/King) – Phil Alvin, Dave Alvin, Sheryl Crow
Ghost Brothers of Darkland County
(Hear Music)
'Homage to Nancy Sinatra' (Kurtag) – Thomas Ades
Les Adieux in Janáceks Manier
(EMI)
'These Boots are made for walkin’' (Hazlewood) – Lee Hazlewood
These Boots are made for walkin’: The Complete MGM recordings
(Ace)
'Record Biz' (Hazlewood) – Lee Hazlewood
Trouble is a Lonesome Town
(Light in the Attic)
'Peculiar Guy' (Hazlewood) – Lee Hazlewood
Trouble is a Lonesome Town
(Light in the Attic)
'The Girl on Death Row' (Hazlewood) – Lee Hazlewood
Trouble is a Lonesome Town
(Light in the Attic)