Various Artists

The Village

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4/5

The village in question is Greenwich, NY, and this mostly excellent tribute features a younger generation of roots artists performing classic songs of the 1960s, the lion's share naturally coming from the pen of Bob Dylan. Rickie Lee Jones's 'Subterranean Homesick Blues' is a delight, her languid, bluesy delivery shuffling along like a 3am drunk. Better still is the Duhks' take on 'It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)', which builds from articulate disquiet to indignant disgust. Elsewhere, Cowboy Junkies and Rachael Yamagata unerringly locate the hearts of Tim Buckley's 'Once I Was' and Joni Mitchell's 'Both Sides Now' respectively.

Download: It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding), 'Subterranean Homesick Blues', 'Once I Was; Both Sides Now'