


In the book’s “Look While You Listen” section, select lyrics appear with Boynton’s signature animal characters. With longtime songwriting and producing partner Mike Ford and top-notch musicians, including Alison Krauss, Ryan Adams, Dwight Yoakam, and Fountains of Wayne, Boynton presents 12 tunes with some familiar country themes (trucks, dogs, heartache) as seen through a child’s or parent’s eyes. This time, she embraces country music, inspired (as a note explains) by the soundtrack of her childhood, growing up in the 1950s, singing folk songs at school and watching westerns on TV at home. Boynton (Philadelphia Chickens) returns with a fifth vibrant CD-and-illustrated-songbook collaboration.
