Reviews: Willie, Molly, Maddy, Mike
Four singing stars bring modern sensibilities to the American Songbook. Here are our takes. Mike the Knife There once was a...
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Lady Day and Ray
Madeleine Peyroux has charted a unique course as an artist. American by birth, French in adolescence, and completely immersed in both...
read moreWillie Dances On
Willie Nelson is an Untouchable, even to people who don’t always buy his records. At the seemingly ancient age of 40, he invented a...
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There once was a singer who operated very successfully in the worlds of both pre-rock and rock-era popular music. This mythological...
read morePretty in Pink, Promising in Jazz
Okay, here’s the big news: Molly Ringwald is not quite a jazz singer—not if she aspires to the command and confidence of her idols,...
read moreYou’ve Got a Friend Again
On December 13, the Library of Congress announced that Carole King would be the recipient of the 2013 Gershwin Prize in Popular...
read moreReview: Glenn Frey’s After Hours
An American Eagle in Nat King’s Court Glenn Frey is part of the solution. That is to say, he has decided in the latter...
read moreReview: McCartney’s Kisses
Hugs by Krall, Clapton, & Co. Of all the pop stars who have issued tribute albums to American pop standards, Paul...
read moreFrank: The Man. The Music. The Videos.
Shout Factory, one of the classiest repackagers of classic pop material, has released the Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music TV...
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