What I’m Listening To — All The Roadrunning and West

Cover of All the Roadrunning

If you were to peek inside my iPod playlist right now, you’d see two albums (is that what we still call them?  I don’t know what to call them anymore):  All the Roadrunning by Mark Knopfler and Emmylou Harris and Lucinda Williams’ West.

Neither are new, but man do they fit the mood for me lately.  All the Roadrunning is a collection of gorgeous duets from these two icons of weathered cool.  I like ’em all, but pay special attention to “This Is Us,” “If This Is Goodbye,” and “I Dug Up a Diamond.”

I like Lucinda Williams for many of the same reasons I like Emmylou Harris — the sultry, “lazy mouth” and southern attitude.  It’s racy in parts, so use discretion, but I especially like “Are You Alright” and “Where Is My Love.”

Here’s to a great weekend!