Album Review: Songs of the Recollection by Cowboy Junkies

Cowboy Junkies have always known how to make a good cover. The long-running Toronto alt-country group broke out into the mainstream in 1988 with The Trinity Session, which went double-platinum in Canada and platinum in the US thanks mainly to the Velvet Underground cover "Sweet Jane." Songs of the Recollection, their latest, marks a bit of return to form for the group, seeing them reinventing folk and country tracks from songwriter powerhouses like Gordon Lightfoot, Neil Young and Gram Parsons. Here, they put their stamp on iconic songs, transforming the music to match their signature style. It's a fresh and exciting album that channels the obvious passion these musicians share for the artists being covered.

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