Ann Wilson - Hope and Glory

Heart’s hard-rock mama who roared through hits like “Barracuda” and “Crazy on You” reveals a social conscience on her solo debut, covering classic protest songs. Wilson teams up with Alison Krauss on Neil Young’s “War of Man” and Rufus Wainwright and Shawn Colvin on Bob Dylan’s “A Hard Rain’s a-Gonna Fall.” But she unwisely tackles overworked numbers by The Animals and Creedence Clearwater Revival and, worst of all, lends her shrieking vocals to Led Zeppelin’s woefully dated “Immigrant Song.”

Sept. 11