The Party Ain't Over
Dynamic rock'n'roll lifer and all-around live force Wanda Jackson follows Loretta Lynn's path and has a comeback LP produced by Jack White.
It’s impossible to talk about The Party Ain’t Over without talking about Van Lear Rose: In masterminding and producing an album by septuagenarian female rockabilly icon Wanda Jackson, Jack White invites comparisons to his 2004 collaboration with septuagenarian female country icon Loretta Lynn. What was an improbably…
The 73-year-old Queen of Rockabilly can still belt it out with the best of ‘em, so it’d be easy for White to limit the…
He brings that artifice to The Party Ain’t Over, a stylized high-profile comeback for Wanda Jackson that is about as far removed from the natural flow of Van Lear Rose, his similar effort for Loretta Lynn, as can be.
After producing Loretta Lynn's Grammy-winning 'Van Lear Rose' album, Jack White has turned his attention to another venerable American institution, Wanda Jackson.
You really can't talk about a late-career record like Wanda Jackson's The Party Ain't Over without mentioning Rick Rubin's work with Johnny Cash.
Jack White is back, doing the career resurrection number on rockabilly queen Wanda Jackson. But neither seems exactly sure why, says <strong>Alexis Petridis</strong>