Cassandra Wilson never fails to surprise and inspire with her sexy, honey-velvet vocals wrapped around her own jazzy blue compositions or inventive interpretations of others' material. On her new CD Thunderbird, she has collaborated with red hot producer T Bone Burnett to surprise, yet again. Deftly combining her own conpositions - the irresistible "Go To Mexico", the sultry "It Would Be So Easy", the lovely "Poet" and the spiritual and celebratory "Tarot" - with carefully chosen songs that spoke to her like "Closer To You" by Jakob Dylan, "Easy Ricer" by Blind Lemon Jefferson, the traditional song "Red River Valley" and Willie Dixon's "I Want To Be Loved", Wilson has woven her plaintive, delicious voice in and out of these tales of betrayal, intimacy and wonder. T Bone contributed two songs to the album in "Lost" and "Strike a Match".

Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Go To Mexico
2. Closer To You
3. Easy Rider
4. It Would Be So Easy
5. Red River Valley
6. Poet
7. I Want To Be Loved
8. Lost
9. Strike A Match
10. Tarot