Country
JIM LAUDERDALE Onward Through It All (RCA) Lauderdale, who mainstreamed alt-country with his songs for George Strait, returns with a straight-country album in the vein of last year's Whisper. Even walking the center line, Lauderdale knows how to make country ache, bend, snort, and moan in a way no one else does; his Hank Williams-meets-Mick Jagger melodies (''I Already Loved You'') tap into a stunning reservoir of barely contained anguish. B+
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