In Brief

* * 1/2 Kelly Willis, “Kelly Willis,” MCA. Willis wears her heart on her sleeve in her third album. The songs, three of which she co-wrote, are refreshingly free of country’s all-too-common coyness. If her laconic delivery occasionally leaves an emotion unplumbed, it’s preferable to vocal overkill, and is at least partially balanced by the spunk of her up-tempo, neo-rockabilly numbers. New albums are rated on a scale of one star (poor), two stars (fair), three stars (good) and four stars (excellent).