Album Review: Victor Wainwright – Victor Wainwright and the Train

“Victor Wainwright and the Train”(Ruf Records)- Georgia born Wainwright has tended to be pigeonholed as a boogie-woogie pianist in the past, but this larger than life character has a much more eclectic approach to music-making than that, and his first album with new band The Train explores the delights of American roots music in all its depth and diversity. Whether tackling the rumbustious charms of “Boogie Depression” or the horn led “Wiltshire Grave,” Wainwright’s life-enhancing sound provides the perfect antidote to the corporate sterility peddled by many of his contemporaries these days, and the proceedings draw to a close with the majestic, gospel-tinged, “That’s Love To Me.”