This thoughtfully conceived 12-track album ranges through Cohen's catalogue, from his debut in 1967 to the 21st century.
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Music Reviews: 50th Anniversary Releases Celebrate Grateful Dead’s ‘American Beauty,’ Plus Duke Robillard and Jesse Colin Young
The Grateful Dead's 'American Beauty' reappears with a bonus concert and a companion release offers outtakes and demos. Plus, Jesse Colin Young and Duke Robillard.
Read More »Music Reviews: Lou Reed’s ‘New York,’ Plus Gay Marshall and Rick Shea
A vastly expanded edition of Lou Reed's 'New York' includes a powerful concert recording. Plus, an album of Leonard Cohen covers from Gay Marshall and new music from Rick Shea.
Read More »Music Reviews: Little Richard Reissues, Plus Jim Kweskin and Dirk Powell
Two Little Richard reissues show off his flamboyant personality without measuring up to his '50s heyday, plus excellent new releases from Jim Kweskin and Samoa Wilson and from Dirk Powell.
Read More »Music Review (Jazz): The Radam Schwartz Organ Big Band with Drummer David F. Gibson – ‘Message from Groove and GW’
On this fresh-sounding album of big-band swing, Schwartz's Hammond B3 organ takes the place of piano and bass, with magical results.
Read More »Exclusive Interview: Pia Zadora Reflects on Her Music Career
Singer/actress Pia Zadora discusses her wide-ranging international music and stage career from childhood to the present.
Read More »Jazz Reviews: Albare, ‘Albare Plays Jobim’ and John Di Martino, ‘Passion Flower: The Music of Billy Strayhorn’
Jazz guitarist Albare's tribute to Jobim and pianist John Di Martino's to Strayhorn show how homages to classic composers can bring out today's artists' creative best.
Read More »Music Reviews: Sam Cooke – The Complete Keen Years, plus Michael Doucet, Michel Petrucciani, Chris Maxwell
A box set collects material from Sam Cooke's key transitional period at the Keen label. Plus, Michael Doucet, Michel Petrucciani, Chris Maxwell.
Read More »Music Reviews: Various Artists – ‘Echo in the Canyon’, plus the Claudettes, David Childers, Hot Club of Los Angeles
Jakob Dylan stars in a soundtrack album featuring music by such 1960s standouts as the Mamas and Papas, the Byrds, and the Beach Boys.
Read More »Music Review: Dave Soldier – ‘Zajal’
On his brilliant new album the keyboardist and guitarist has set thousand-year-old poems in Hebrew, Arabic and the other languages of Andalusia to bubbling stews of traditional instrumentation with strains of jazz and swatches of the Western avant-garde.
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