Bridge (Blues Traveler)

Fans needn’t fret that a newly slimmed-down John Popper has left his famously outsize jam band with a sudden lack of musical heft. If anything, Bridge is super-heavyweight Blues Traveler (you be the judge if that’s a good thing). What’s always lifted them above their peers are Popper’s percussive harmonica and those wonderfully melodic songs — both of which are abundant here. True, there’s no hit as huge as ”Run-Around,” but then again, good things sometimes come in smaller packages.