It doesn’t have to be a Great Depression — yet — for musicians who lack health care to get downtrodden about their prospects. To that end, the Sweet Relief charity has put together a new compilation album, “Sweet Relief — We Can Help,” which features choice covers from artists like Lucinda Williams, Richard Thompson and Blake Mills. But only one singer is heard from twice in the collection, and it’s someone whose name hasn’t appeared on a lot of records lately: Michael Penn.
Penn’s two contributions to this philanthropic effort are classic prewar anthems that spoke to how many members of the middle class were falling into economic
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