Country Corner

John Hiatt has one of the most distinctive voices in US contemporary music. boasts 11 lyrically strong songs. ‘All The Lilacs In Ohio’, with its fiddle backing, is about an unrequited late night dalliance; Hiatt appears to be mimicking Elvis on the road song ‘Long Black Electric Cadillac’; and there’s nice blues harmonica to the slow but determined ‘Mississippi Phone Booth’. A meeting of two top musicians in country music territory, will be released on May 21.