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Ben Sidran ‘Dylan Different’ Album Review

One of the most surprising, enterprising cover albums ever made, Ben Sidran’s take on Bob Dylan is a treasure.

The second Fitz and the Tantrums album nearly equaled their stunning first, but called for wide-open minds and ears.

The characters in Springsteen’s songs do desperate things like drive all night but there’s no payoff; they see only fallen angels.

Nina Simone can make you forget that anyone else has ever recorded anything she sang.

It will soon be 55 years since the 26-year old Rod Stewart released this masterpiece called Every Picture Tells A Story.

Metamodern Sounds – Country Album of the first 25 years of this century? Not just possible, but probable.