That's how we know him again, you think immediately at the opening track of Lifetime Achievement, the 24th album by Loudon Wainwright III. That's without counting his predecessor
I'd Rather Lead a Band (2020). After all, that was full of swing covers from his late father's collection. On Lifetime Achievement, he returns as the Canadian-American singer-songwriter who doesn't hide his heart or spare
… himself. This time he grumbles out loud about the fact that he has turned 75 and everything no longer works as it should. He is already a year older than his mother ever became and a family outing actually means going out alone. His sardonic wit and qualities as a songwriter still work just fine, with a bare acoustic sound that references his days in the New York folk scene of the 60s/70s. The increased hoarseness of his voice only adds to the charge of this tragicomic old man blues. (MR)more
