By Ken Paulson –What the Hell is Goin’ On? is one of the rarest of cover albums, with song selections so right that they don’t sound like covers at all. Thorn’s albums – including the recent Pimps and Preachers – are filled with colorful characters and unlikely adventures, and the songs he’s selected for this project come from the same…
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Jackie DeShannon: “When You Walk in the Room”
“When You Walk in the Room,” Jackie DeShannon’s first album in 11 years, is a remarkable retrospective of songs she wrote and others she made famous. DeShannon is in the Songwriters Hall of Fame, but you have to wonder why she’s not also in the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame. Like Carole King, she wrote songs for some of…