The contemporary resurgence of 1960s folkie Eric Andersen continues with <i>Waves</i>、 a celebration of the Greenwich Village era in which he cut his musical teeth--a scene that would experience such transformation once Bob Dylan went electric. The CD's back cover shows an impossible boyish Andersen、 Tom Paxton、 and Phil Ochs four decades ago、 while the front cover depicts the weathered troubadour that Andersen has become. The music finds him applying his maturity to material from that era、 bringing a calypso twist to Paxton's "Ramblin' Boy、" a lovely lilt to Ochs's "Changes、" and a survivor's sensibility to his own "Today Is the Highway." He makes no attempt to duplicate the distinctive vocal style of the late Tim Buckley on the opening "Once I Was、" though the phrasing of Fred Neil has plainly influenced Andersen's own on "I've Got a Secret." He acknowledges the kindred spirit (and folk underpinnings) of the era's New York rock with renditions of the Velvet Underground's "Pale Blue Eyes" and the Lovin' Spoonful's dreamy "Coconut Grove." The album ends appropriately with a singalong hootenanny、 as Judy Collins、 Arlo Guthrie、 and Tom Rush trade verses with Andersen on a concert recording of his signature ballad、 "Thirsty Boots." <i>--Don McLeese</i>