's is nothing less than spectacular. From the buoyant, late- to the dank, shuffling, south of the border groove on the troubadour manages to capture a timeless folkiness and match it with a surreal and sparkling sense of nostalgia that clearly echoes . Recorded with as the backup band, is rooted firmly in old-time , yet 's take on and particularly his vocals somehow fit perfectly with , , and California's surreal, pastoral outfit (whose contributed some ). Just check 's stunning transformation of which proves there's some deeply buried beneath these honest tunes. is a quiet record and might lose some listeners in it's sleepy summer melancholy, but is the real deal -- and he's surely worthy of heaps of attention and acclaim. ~ Charles Spano