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Spirituality has rarely sounded more playful than it does on this album's title song. Though the Texas troubadour's matter-of-fact whimsy keeps her message from becoming overbearing, a seriousness of purpose underscores this song cycle about the ways in which spirituality informs everyday life. As the material remains thematically focused, there's a wide range of musical styles, from the Deep Ellum bluesiness of "No Love in Texas" and the jazzy "Mood Swing" to the spoken-word "If I Had a Daughter" and the Cajun two-step of "Jim Thorpe's Blues." In addition to her original material, Hendrix finds a perfect fit for material from others, including John Hadley's singalong opener, "Life's a Song," Woody Guthrie's Dust Bowl ballad "Pastures of Plenty," and Jimmy Driftwood's socially conscious "What Is the Color of the Soul." As before, her key musical collaborator remains producer/multi-instrumentalist Lloyd Maines (father of Natalie of the Dixie Chicks, whom he has also produced and accompanied), with a crack band backing Hendrix throughout. --Don McLeese