Aloha From Nashville

A Nashville session ace who plays with such standout artists as Guy Clark, Sam Bush, and Tim O’Brien, Darrell Scott has recorded a fine debut album of original material. With a neotraditional songwriting sensibility and a voice somewhere between Ry Cooder’s and Lyle Lovett’s, Scott is a mind-blowing multi-instrumentalist, turning in tracks on acoustic and electric six- and 12-string flattop and archtop guitars, bass, pedal steel, mandolin, Dobro, banjo, Weissenborn, autoharp, drums, and harmonica. The title suggests something about his range of styles which includes old-time, country, rock, and swing. Tasty. (Sugar Hill, PO Box 55300, Durham, NC 27717-5300)