It took a brush with death to get and back on good enough terms to make music together again, and after reuniting in the studio for 2014's , the siblings thankfully didn't wait until one of them ended up in the emergency room to give it another try. is another set of vintage blues tunes, but while was an acoustic set that focused on the songbook of blues legend , the Alvins mix it up on , playing both electric and acoustic numbers and drawing inspiration from a variety of artists and songwriters, though rollicking jump blues master gets special attention here, with tackling three of his compositions. 's raucous guitar lines give their interpretations a feel that's different than the originals, but and the band show plenty of love for the joyous, rolling boogie of 's signature sound, and 's big, bold voice is the perfect instrument for tunes like "Feeling Happy" and "Cherry Red Blues." If is the star singer in the Alvin family, shows he can give sly, streetwise readings to tunes like "Rattlesnakin' Daddy" and "Sit Down, Baby," and his vocals help give this album a looser, more playful sound than . seem a little less concerned with honoring the legacy of a great artist (even if they had fun doing so) than they are in jamming on tunes they love and kicking up some dust in the studio, and does just that. sing and play this music direct from the heart, whether they're wailing on an early side or getting right with the Lord on a classic spiritual from , and as always they consistently hit the sweet spot between technique and passion. If want to crank out an album like every year until the sun finally sets on them, no one who loves blues and roots music would have any room to complain. ~ Mark Deming