Following a high-profile 2015 run reprising his role as keyboardist for the briefly reunited , returns for another set helming his own band, . With appreciation reaching a modern-day zenith thanks to their 50th anniversary shows and subsequent introduction to a whole new crossover audience, 2016 is a good time for one of its family members to drop a new album, and makes a solid case with . The band's last release, 2011's , was a sprawling 25-song live double album that covered a wide swath of their capabilities, from freewheeling funk and jazz odysseys to the more concise heartland Americana of 's earlier days with . Though performed in the studio rather than on-stage, much of has the same loose candor of a live album, even if it focuses on a very specific version of . A latter-day staple of their live shows is a semi-acoustic mid-concert set where Virginia native eschews his piano in favor of the Appalachian dulcimer. A staple of American folk and mountain music, the lap dulcimer is a rare visitor in rock music, yet through the grace of his musical mastery, manages to shoehorn the four-stringed instrument's limited range into ten spirited full-band tracks that certainly aren't folk songs. The beguiling and serpentine opener "Over the Rise" unfolds over five minutes, building to dramatic crescendoes and featuring a nice guest vocal spot from 's . The lighthearted account of 's college years in Miami plays out in the rustic folk-rock of "M.I.A. in M.I.A.M.I." and shines thanks to some find organ work from bandmate . fire on all cylinders on "Tropical Cashmere Sweater," another highlight, closing out the album on a high note with the soulful rocker "Celestial Railroad." Written nearly 25 years earlier in hopes that the song might be recorded by gets his wish, dueting here with . ~ Timothy Monger