Levon Helm:
Electric Dirt

By: Tim Dwenger One of the great spirits of American music, Levon Helm, has returned with Electric Dirt (released June 30 on Vanguard Records), a stellar follow-up to 2007's Grammy winning Dirt Farmer. Like Dirt Farmer, Helm's new offering features a wide variety of cover tunes but this time the record showcases Helm's return to songwriting on the bittersweet "Growin' Trade." The ballad, which he penned with former Bob Dylan guitarist Larry Campbell (who also produced the album), laments th...

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