'Kindred Spirits' same old line
(10/02/02 9:00am)
The tribute album is a tricky musical beast. Ideally, the newer versions of the songs should highlight melodic, lyric or timbral elements of the original that have inspired contemporary artists to pursue their own work. As with the recent Gram Parsons or Hank Williams III tributes, this ideal is often the case. That is, excellent musicians from a variety of musical traditions get together to produce a multifaceted, entertaining, and altogether new album.