Various Artists, “The Imus Ranch Record” (New West) Benefit records are greatespecially when they incorporate some of the top musicians in the industry. This benefit album, with proceeds going toward New Mexico’s Imus Ranch that hosts children with cancer, features Dwight Yoakam, Willie Nelson, John Hiatt, Lucinda Williams, Little Richard, Randy Travis, Big & Rich, Delbert McClinton, Patty Loveless, Levon Helm, Raul Malo, Bekka Bramlett and Vince Gill singing various covers.
Lindsey Buckingham, “Gift of Screws” (Reprise) This is the fifth solo record from Fleetwood Mac’s Buckingham. In his words: “You could certainly say this album is a distillation of a number of periods of time, some false starts to make albums, certainly some songs that go back a number of years, that took a while to find a home here, combined with brand-new songs and a whole other outlook,” explains Buckingham in a release.
