Article posted: 1/30/2013 6:00 AM

Kris Kristofferson confronts mortality

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"Feeling Mortal" by Kris Kristofferson

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As the title "Feeling Mortal" implies, singer-songwriter and actor Kris Kristofferson confronts the consequences of aging in this album of stripped-to-the-bone acoustic songs. At 76, Kristofferson has grown into his ragged rasp of a voice, which fits with lyrics that deal with being "here today and gone tomorrow," as he sings in the title cut.