Shane Dwight on USA TODAY’s Playlist

THE PLAYLIST

10 intriguing tracks found during the week’s listening:

From St. Kilda to Kings Cross, Paul Kelly – Australia’s best-kept folk-rock secret finally gets his due here on the forthcoming Songs From the South, Volumes 1 & 2, which surveys more than two decades of hits.
I Heard of a City, Carolina Kings – This 1970 gospel track from the fantastic new collectionThis May Be My Last Time Singing is obscure, but the sublime close-harmony singing is timeless.
Little Wing, The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Forty-three years ago — 43! — the psychedelic blues titans made this gentle, soul-drenched classic.
Round Midnight, Miles Davis Quintet – Choose the version from the Copenhagen concert, from the new Live Europe 1967: Bootleg Vol. 1.
Victory of Flying, Carolyn Wonderland – Texas’ blues machine churns out a keeper judging by this Janis- and Stevie Ray-inspired artist’s new Peace Meal.
Full Moon on Main Street, The Sean Chambers Band – The Florida-born blues guitarist and former Hubert Sumlin backer burns throughout onLive From the Long Island Blues Warehouse.
T-Bone Shuffle, Johnny Winter – Guest slide guitarist Sonny Landreth nearly steals the show on this rambunctious track from the new Roots.
Mesabi, Tom Russell – On his album’s title track, Russell draws parallels between his L.A. upbringing and Bob Dylan’s in Minnesota.
True Love’s Gone, Shane Dwight – The emerging bluesman and ace songwriter lays bare his post-divorce sadness in a country-tinged lament, from the new A Hundred White Lies.
When I Fall in Love, Christian McBride Big Band – Sultry vocalist Melissa Walker nails this standard on bassist McBride’s first outing as a big-band arranger