Scan of Young Doctors in Love Musical group
Are You Lonesome Tonight?, by Elvis Presley, from Elvis Presley on Stage (an RCA/Legacy compilation of In Person at the International Hotel and On Stage)
The King is rarely overshadowed, but here (during his 1969 Las Vegas comeback concerts) Presley competes with Cissy Houston, a "background singer" whose siren-like soprano obbligato blows minds, shatters crystal for miles and dominates this drama-stricken ballad.
Eloise and Her Sister Marta, by Young Doctors in Love, from 5 Golden Greats (independent)
Refreshing candy music, with bloopy bits up top and a bluesy groove below. These Toronto indie popsters, who sing "Oh oh oh oh oh oh-oh, oh oh oh oh oh oh-oh" delightfully, are up to something - and we wanna know what.
300 MPH Torrential Outpour Blues, by The White Stripes, from Under Great Northern Lights (live CD/DVD, Third Man/Warner)
"One thing's for sure: In that graveyard, I'm gonna have the shiniest pair of shoes." Jack White and Meg White roared through Canada in the summer of 2007, leaving behind broken amplifiers, busted eardrums and a dynamic death-letter electric blues worthy of Robert Johnson himself.