Dr. John & The Lower 911 — Feel Good Music

BBC

There is a lot to take in here – Tribal contains 16 deeply detailed, fidgety tracks ­– but it’s never hard work. It’s a warm, gently funny album – Them suggests Van Morrison with a sense of humour, and Only in America has a whiff of the waspish wit of Randy Newman.

As a whole, it’s an altogether welcome updating of an unusually gilded resume.