Listen Up: Eric Clapton, Jenny Lewis, Theory of a Deadman

Eric Clapton & Friends, The Breeze: An Appreciation of JJ Cale
Blues-rock
* * * stars out of four

The guitar legend known as Slowhand gracefully toasts a beloved songwriter (Cocaine) on an all-star mixed bag. Tom Petty, Mark Knopfler and Don White do Cale justice. John Mayer and Willie Nelson fall short. -- Edna Gundersen

Download: The Old Man and Me, Someday, Crying Eyes

Jenny Lewis, The Voyager
Singer/Songwriter|
* * * 1/2

Former Rilo Kiley frontwoman Lewis has a clear, easy soprano with a wide vibrato that she wields with canny discretion. It's an ideal instrument for the sweet-and-tart tunes here, which also benefit from lean but luscious production by, principally, Ryan Adams and Mike Viola. -- Elysa Gardner

Download: Head Underwater, Late Bloomer, The New You

Theory of a Deadman, Savages
Hard Rock
* *

The Canadian band's fifth album brandishes plenty of rage and resentment along the lines of oppressively airtight single Drown. But when bashing celeb culture or bringing in Rascal Flatts guitarist Joe Don Rooney, it also displays what might pass for wit. -- Brian Mansfield

Download: Drown, Savages (w/Alice Cooper)