Wild! Wild! Wild!

'Wild! Wild! Wild!', the new collaboration between Grammy- nominated singer/songwriter Robbie Fulks and Rock-and-Roll royalty Linda Gail Lewis (sister of Jerry Lee Lewis), gleefully lives up to its title. It's Americana music that's as butt-shakin' as Beale Street, deep-rooted as the Grand Ole Opry, and hip as a trip to The Strip. Subversive as it is reverential, the album jumps the genre tracks of nitty-gritty Rock-and-Roll, Country-and-Western, Rockabilly, Jump Swing, and Gospel, landing in a strange slice of spacetime -- call it 1954 -- when all these were One (and Linda was 7). An album that savors old sounds but sidesteps nostalgia. Their two talents have fashioned a record that's urgent, honest, and fun. Remember fun?