Leo Kottke, Try and Stop Me

We’d have an easier job if Leo Kottke would stub his toe just once so we could qualify our praise. But our favorite picker has reduced us to fawning again with yet another masterpiece. As usual, his delightfully obtuse liner notes have virtually nothing to do with the content. What’s changed is that his cover tunes offer some of the best material. Horton Vaughn’s “Mockingbird Hill” will get folks hitting the repeat button repeatedly. Vocals will be found only in the Los Lobos collaboration, “The Banks of Marble,” a song that proves (again) that Kottke can make himself at home pretty much anywhere he pleases. (Available now)