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Digging into the tradition, playing vintage material for young hipsters, making musicology fun Maria Muldaur started doing that in the Boston coffeehouses five decades ago, and Tuba Skinny is doing it in New Orleans now. So, it’s no surprise that they’ve been circling around each other for a while (Muldaur sat in with Tuba Skinny at d.b.a. two years ago) and that they’ve now made an album out of it. The pairing makes sense on a few levels: Tuba Skinny have lacked a good frontwoman since regular singer Erika Lewis went part-time, and Muldaur can always use a band to click with. They’re enough on the same wavelength that this project avoids the clumsiness often found in cross-generational collaborations. Muldaur’s persona has always been a bit bawdy it was she who made a ’70s hit out of Blue Lu Barker’s “Don’t Feel My Leg” so Tuba Skinny can play loose and be respectful at the same time. Muldaur’s voice has deepened over the years, but these sessions bring ....