Nick Cristiano's Best in Country / Roots

Kevin Gordon, Gloryland (Crowville). On his first album in seven years, the Nashville-based native Louisianan again blends literate yet elemental storytelling with a similarly rich amalgam of rock, country, blues, folk, and gospel. Not far behind is fellow Music City denizen Tommy Womack, who told more smart, funny, and perceptive aging-rocker tales on his Now What?