** 1/2 Luka Bloom, “The Acoustic Motorbike,”...
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** 1/2 Luka Bloom, “The Acoustic Motorbike,” Reprise. The Irishman excels at big romance, with grand, fervent versions of LL Cool J’s “I Need Love” and Elvis Presley’s “Can’t Help Falling in Love.” Bloom’s title track is exuberant, but the extreme slide toward depression over the last four songs is jarring, as if it belonged to another album entirely.
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