Down In New Orleans

the fusion of the blind boys' deep south gospel with new orleans funk, r&b and jazz (guests include the preservation hall jazz band and allen toussaint) creates a superweapon of roots-music uplift: full-throated versions of standards such as 'i'll fly away' and 'down by the riverside' will raise goose bumps even on the tatted-up arms of resolutely futurist hipsters. bonus: the opening track, 'free at last,' somehow grooves exactly like steely dan.