I wasn’t all that crazy about the recent-ish version of “SJI” recorded by Bethany & Rufus. But a writer for All About Jazz has a different view, singling that track out in a rave about the duo:
[Bethany Yarrow] has the rhythmic sensibility and depth of feeling to call forth the jazz and blues tradition and the breadth of textures to take a listener around the world. Her voice blossoms in extraordinary ways. “St. James Infirmary” could be located in any place where there is loss—it’s a bleak, lonely place but, alas, we want to go back there.
A couple of years ago I did some research into the song "St. James Infirmary," wrote up what I found, emailed that essay to friends and posted it on my web site (as part of a series of "Letters From New Orleans," as I was living in that city at the time). Based on the feedback, I wrote a second version of the essay, and asked for more feedback. Based on that, I wrote a 
