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Playlist: What's Brian Mansfield listening to?

Brian Mansfield
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Blake Shelton performs at CMA Music Festival at LP Field on June 6 in Nashville.

Ten intriguing tracks found in the week's listening:

Any Time at All, Bryan Adams

Early Beatles tune works surprisingly well as a Summer of '69-style rave-up on Adams' Tracks of My Years covers album.

Anyone Else, Blake Shelton

In a revealing moment, the usually jocular singer expresses bewildered pain, apparently from another singer's put-downs.

Protection, Lucinda Williams

Williams seeks shelter from enemies of love and rock 'n' roll in a churning Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone rocker.

Rise Up Singing, Trigger Hippy

Supergroup with Joan Osborne, Jackie Greene and Black Crowes drummer Steve Gorman locks into a relaxed, swaying groove.

Down South, Lady Antebellum

On 747, Lady Antebellum creates a country-pop manifestation of "American by birth, Southern by the grace of God."

Days of Wine and Roses, Robin Gibb

A sweet, elegiac melody leads 50 St. Catherine's Drive, final recordings made before the Bee Gees member's 2012 death.

When Sunny Gets Blue, Herb Alpert

This torchy trumpet-and-piano number from In the Mood shows Alpert, 79, still has an unparalleled way with a melody.

Mi Amigo Cubano, Raul Midón

The blind singer/guitarist finally releases his Bill Withers co-write, first teased in the 2009 documentary Still Bill.

Sugar in My Bowl, Tift Merritt

Merritt conveys tremulous desire in her cover for The Empress of the Blues, a tribute to early jazz great Bessie Smith.

Uncloudy Day, Marty Stuart

On the "Sunday'' side of Stuart's Saturday Night & Sunday Morning release, the Staple Singers take a hillbilly to church.

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