COUNTRY & POP

GILLIAN WELCH: Boots No. 1 (Acony)

WELCH revisits her 1996 debut Revival with this expanded (and retitled) edition, adding rarities plus eight unreleased songs. Produced by T-Bone Burnett and hailed as one of the best alt-country albums ever made, it augments her heartache songs with the strumming and vocal harmonies of Dave Rawlings. Paper Wings echoes Patsy Cline, while I Don’t Want To Go Downtown is worthy of Tom Waits.

VARIOUS: Moana OST (Universal)

MUSIC plays a significant role in the Disney hit, as this infectious pop soundtrack demonstrates. Hawaiian actress Auli’i Cravalho (who voices teen princess Moana) soars with gutsy aplomb on the theme song. Wrestler-turnedactor Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson strikes a conversational note on You’re Welcome. With guest spots from Nicole Scherzinger and Alessia Cara, it is shaping up to be this year’s Frozen.