Closer to the Bone

At the age of 73, country music legend Kris Kristofferson is still capable of producing albums of such a high quality of songwriting, it puts most of modern music to shame. Not just modern country, I mean most of music in general. His songwriting is just as good now is it was when he first released Silver Tongued devil and I, which is one of my favourite albums.

Before I get onto the musicIve got to mention how impressed I was with New Wests effort with this album. The cover art is fantastic, and the album is boxed in a fold-out cardboard sleeve which also houses a lyrics booklet as well as a neat poster. The biggest surprise was the incusion of a 8 track live album recorded in Dublin in early 2008. It features a range of... [via Misery And Gin]