TOM JONES Praise & Blame (2010 UK 11-track CD album - Tom Jones returns with a remarkable new collection of songs that examines choice and responsibility via a musical journey through the traditional spiritual repertoire. In his 70th year this landmark album is a glowing achievement in what has been a ground-breaking unpredictable roller-coaster of a 45-year career. The songs are taken from repertoire that includes American traditional gospel and country seeing Tom going back to his roots and creating a truly evocative musical work aided and abetted by producer / musician Ethan Johns. From the opening track a stunning version of Dylans What Good Am I the listener is invited on a forthright reflective and poignant journey that explores the terrain of the conscience. Moving through a disconcerted Did Trouble Me a gut-howling version of John Lee Hookers Burning Hell and on to the exhortations of the album closer Run On)