communes with the trance music of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, one of his most cherished influences. As they flirt with disparate sounds and disciplines, Buckley and Lucas gracefully dance between sacred tradition and musical adventure: As Buckley croons the warped blues of "Harem Man," the tune shimmers like a telegram from the Mississippi Delta filtered through both psychedelia and alt-rock. The younger man would go on to stretch folk and art rock to its limits, before dying tragically in 1997. Songs to No One is less a conventional album than an imperfect premonition of greatness.

PAT BLASHILL
(RS 908 - October 31, 2002)