Rodney Crowell is truly one of the greatest singer-songwriters in the known universe, and this Sunday on Fine Tuning I’ll be featuring his just-released album “Then Again,” the bulk of which was recorded twenty years ago but never heard until now! Rodney shelved the album in 2006 because he felt something was missing when he listened to the masters. He explains, “I just heard all the same sounds and techniques glaring at me. I needed to have a different experience, so I went out to L.A. to make a record with Joe Henry.” Twenty years later, he discovered the album in his vaults and loved it: “I heard a record I wasn’t sick of. I was no longer sick of myself”. He found joy in putting the finishing touches to the recording as it felt like making a new record with his old bandmates. Featuring contributions from Emmylou Harris, Lyle Lovett and Guy Clark, “Then Again” is filled with great songs and does not sound dated in the least! Catch Crowell when he performs at The Ark – Ann Arbor on August 22nd. Fine Tuning: Sundays from 4 to 6 p.m. on ann arbor’s 107one.
