Steve EarleThe Low Highway

You can hear the road in Earle's voice, a craggy rumble with a whole lot of mileage. Burly roots rock rubs against Dylan-style roadhouse blues and jaunty bluegrass-ragtime, snare snapping underneath. Fiddle and accordion weave through the whole thing, courtesy of Eleanor Whitmore and wife Allison Moorer, here billed as the Dukes and Duchesses. Weathered, warm, and well-traveled. Drop the needle and ride along.