’ elegiac, cinematic “Ruby’s Arms” into a sparse, somehow even more heartbreaking piano ballad for a new compilation,. She adds a minute to the runtime of the original song, which appeared on Waits’ 1980 album, and allows her voice to ache all over the lyrics in a way that shows a new depth to the lyrics, contrasting Waits’ gruff original.
The tribute album, due out November 22nd, features covers of Waits’ song performed by women, including Aimee Mann, Rosanne Cash, Phoebe Bridgers, Iris Dement, and many others. Another standout that the label has released early is Courtney Marie Andrews’ take on the broodingsingle “Downtown Train.” In the hands of the folk and country singer, it’s a little lighter and twangier, and the arrangement shows off the lyrics a little more.
Tom Petty biographer and former Del Fuegos frontman Warren Zanes served as the record’s producer. “In just the way Dylan cuts the definitive version but never stakes out the song’s territory in a way that leaves no room for majestic covers, the recordings I was gathering were showing me the remarkable strength, the resonance of Waits’ stuff,” he wrote in the album’s liner notes. “No one took ownership of the material, it was all on loan, still belonged to Tom Waits.
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