Title: eh. eh.
Review: Phil Ochs is one of my favorites, but this "tribute" has a slightly musty odor. Why didn't they get more relevant musicians to perform on this? Instead they get lots of old and not so old folk musicians to give most faithful renditions of his songs. But why not include contemporary "protest" musicians? The tradition that Ochs was a part of no longer exists as it did within the confines of acoustic guitars. It exists in hip hop and it exists in bands like Rage Against the Machine. I'm not a huge fan of bands like RAGE, but why weren't they approached for this? Hell, aside from superficial musical similarities, Phil Ochs has much more in common with Rage then he does with James Taylor.To show that Ochs's music is relevant today (and I firmly believe it is), they should have approach an eclectic assortment of politically engaged and committed artists. Instead, this only reinforces the idea that this kind of music is for upper middle class, middle aged white people.
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