Do the Shuffle #36/Sara Watkins

Sara Watkins - All This Time

Old Crow Medicine Show - Always Lift Him Up And Never Let Him Down

B-52'a - Channel Z

Lavender Diamond - New Ways of Living

Van Morrison - Beside You (live)

Steve Earle - Copperhead Road (live)

Lucinda Williams - Righteously

Arcade Fire - Rebellion (Lies)

Total Songs: 8/40
Miscellaneous Fact: Sara Watkins live show added some oomph to songs on a self-titled solo CD that I thought was pleasant but tentative. Her choice of covers (Morrissey, Waits, Dylan) was admirable if not entirely successful; Watkins' voice takes a lot of the soul out of Waits' "Pony," but "Forever Young" was turned into an uptempo bluegrassy jam, Did I miss Chris Thile? Yes, but Watkins has more than enough talent and stylistic range to make me interested in her next outing.