Unlike virtually every other act in his age group, veteran singer/songwriter John Prine is doing the best work of his career right now. Lost Dogs and Mixed Blessings is an even stronger piece of work than his acclaimed comeback effort, "The Missing Years." Produced once again with grace and taste by Howie Epstein of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, "Lost Dogs" is full of new, typically idiosyncratic Prine delights including the ravishing "Lake Marie," "All The Way With You," "Ain't Hurt Nobody," and "This Love is Real."

“Is It True”

As the British Invasion reached its peak in 1964, Brenda Lee went from Nashville to London to record one of her hardest-rocking hits, her perky vocal backed by a stuttering, squalling guitar. That guitar was played by session musician Jimmy Page, yet to skyrocket to fame with first the Yardbirds and then Led Zeppelin. "She said to me, 'I've come here to make a record with the British sound,'" remembered producer Mickie Most. "She felt she wouldn't get the same sound in Nashville because they're only just catching up on the British beat group sound of about six months ago."