"Wildwood Flower" by Loretta Lynn
The very idea of a June Carter Cash tribute album is odd, since Cash didn't write that many songs, and had most of her hits alongside her husband, Johnny Cash. As it happens, a lot of the songs on Anchored In Love were penned by non-Cash/non-Carter folk, and though it's pleasant to hear Sheryl Crow and Willie Nelson trade lines on Tim Hardin's immortal "If I Were A Carpenter," their more polished voices don't exactly evoke Johnny and June. Far more on-topic: Loretta Lynn's version of The Carter Family's "Wildwood Flower," imbued with all the nostalgia and fragility that the late Cash brought every time she picked up her autoharp.
A.V. Club Rating: B
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