On his latest, Otis Taylor reclaims the banjo and fiddle—once mainstays of black string bands—busting out of the gates with opener “Feel Like Lightning,” a song loosely based on the civil-rights anthem “Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Round.” Taylor’s seemingly improvised songs build formidable trance grooves around the exceptional work of his backing musicians, his style resembling a country-folk version of spontaneous, talking-blues master John Lee Hooker.
