Steps to Heaven [Digipak] (CD - 2008)

Audio Mixer: Mark Nevers.

Recording information: Beech House (05/13/2008/05/14/2008).

Photographer: Joshua Black Wilkins.

Charlie Louvin made country music history in the 1950s and '60s as half of the legendary Louvin Brothers duo. As an octogenarian, Louvin continues to uphold the legacy he established more than half a century earlier. The follow-up to his self-titled 2007 "comeback" album, STEPS TO HEAVEN finds Louvin revisiting the gospel sounds that helped him get his start (the Louvins started out performing spiritual material), but he adds a new twist. The veteran country vocalist is joined here by a gospel choir, which is a move he'd never made on any of his past recordings. They tackle a batch of traditional spiritual tunes as well as a couple of Louvin Brothers oldies, and while Louvin's voice is a tad weathered, it's all the richer-sounding for the incredible amount of experience he's soaked up over the decades. minimize