Moorer’s voice triumphs on the title track and on Smith's “Dancing Barefoot,” but she occasionally dips into tune choices that may have been better left to the originals. (“Ring of Fire” doesn’t exactly resonate the same way.)
Moorer has one of those Sunday morning, coffee-sipping warm towels of a voice, and while she manages to bring something of her own to “Both Sides Now” and “Orphan Train,” she might want to reconsider “I Want a Little Sugar in my Bowl,” a song Nikka Costa magically made even more spectacular on a 2007 covers album for KCRW.
Grade: B
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