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Leslie Mendelson Knows a Few Things About “Love and Murder”
Our interview with the singer-songwriter explores her album “Love and Murder” and includes how she came to do a duet with Bob Weir.
American Primitive Has a Sound All Its Own
Showcasing American folk with a big dash of Celtic, Arabic and Hebrew, “The Thousand Incarnations of the Rose” puts the spotlight on folk guitarists John Fahey, Leo Kottke, Harry Taussig, and Robbie Basho.
The Right Wine for … Steely Dan’s “Gaucho”
“The Cuervo Gold/The fine Columbian/Make tonight a wonderful thing.” Have lyrics ever evoked a time and place more perfectly? While the Cuervo and Columbian are natural pairings from Steely Dan’s “Gaucho,” we’d like to suggest yet another in this episode of “Wine & Vinyl.”
Jack Antonoff, Bleachers, and the “Feels” of Youth
Jack Antonoff’s busy creating movie soundtracks and working with Lourde and Pink when his band Bleachers isn’t going all ’80s with their album “Gone Now” which recaptures how it felt to grow up in that decade.
The 10 Best John Prine Songs You May Have Never Heard
The singer-songwriter has a rep for wringing every emotion out of listeners. That’s as true of “Tree of Forgiveness” as “Diamonds in the Rough.”