mountains and high plains of Utah, he grew up listening to, and learning, the kind of songs presented here–as he puts it, “simple, beautiful tunes with profound lyrics telling stories of struggle and endurance.” That music was with him as he developed as a guitarist, when he learned to play the blues and when Jimi Hendrix and the power of rock guitar caught his ear, and it was with him as he forged a career as a straight-ahead jazz guitarist. It reappears here, filtered through the lenses of these different experiences and joined by three original pieces evoking the landscape and sentiment of the American West.

The musicians joining Corey on this record are from diverse backgrounds: they range in age from the mid-20s to the mid-60s, in interestA powerful truck bomb went off on Wednesday in the centre of the Afghan capital, Kabul, killing at least 80 people and wounding hundreds of others.

The explosion laid buildings to waste, damaged dozens of cars and shattered windows hundreds of metres away.

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At the Wazir Akhbar Khan hospital a few blocks away, there were scenes of chaos as ambulances brought in wounded and frantic relatives scanned casualty lists and questioned hospital staff for news.

Several world leaders condemned the attack, which came just two days into the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.