Willie Nelson does not sing Frank Sinatra’s repertoire like Sinatra. He sings it his way.

Willie Nelson's 'My Way' is his sixty-eighth studio album featuring Norah Jones on one song, produced by Buddy Cannon and Matt Rollings and released on September 14, 2018 by Legacy Recordings

Willie Nelson

Rolling Stone



“He didn’t worry about behind the beat or in front of the beat, or whatever – he could sing it either way, and that’s the feel you have to have.”

The Mainichi



a bluesy intimacy that may make some of those who don't care much for Sinatra's braggadocio and bombast on his own version give the song another chance. The Art Desk

He doesn’t amp up the croon factor or melodrama like so many young Bublé wannabes. He simply inhabits the songs

Willie Nelson - My Way

AMAZON . ITUNES .

Recorded on January 12 & 13, 2007, "Two Men with the Blues" is a

This week In Male Balladeers 38/52

Leonard Cohen, Kris Kristofferson, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Michael Franks, Luther Vandross, Gregory Hines, Lenny Kravitz, Jack Johnson, Isaac Hayes, Father John Misty, John Legend, Sturgill Simpson, John Mellencamp

This week In One-Off Collaborations 37/52

Prince & The Muppets, Marc Bolan & Cilla Black, Eminem & Rihanna, Gloria Estefan & José Feliciano, Eric Clapton & Sheryl Crow, David Byrne & St. Vincent, Trombone Shorty & Dave Grohl, Paul Simon & John Mellencamp, Peter Tosh & Mick Jagger, Jimmy Cliff & Widespread Panic, Paul Mccartney & Bruce Springsteen , Dave Matthews Band & Neil Young

Lenny Kravitz comes back with ‘Raise Vibration,’ an album full of great kravitzian new songs. Isn’t it time to ask for a ‘Raise’?

Lenny Kravitz' 'Raise Vibration' is his eleventh studio album recorded with guitarist Craig Ross and keyboardist David Baron and released by Roxie Records on September 7, 2018

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Washington Post



It’s music that resembles its maker’s style — cool sunglasses, motorcycle boots and well-worn jeans.

The Independent



In the song I’m asking for the same sort of comfort from that person, to get through it USA Today

The eight-minute "It's Enough" is most overtly political, featuring clips of Black Lives Matter protests and Colin Kaepernick’s anthem kneel in its music video.

Lenny Kravitz - Raise Vibration

AMAZON . ITUNES .

Lenny Kravitz' 'Are You Gonna Go My Way' is his third studio album released on March 9,

For ‘In the Blue Light,’ Paul Simon hires Bill Frisell, Wynton Marsalis and others to revisit several old and more obscure pieces of his catalogue. De(blue)lightful!

Paul Simon's 'In the Blue Light' is his fourteenth solo studio album recorded with among others Bill Frisell, Wynton Marsalis, Bryce Dessner from The National and the yMusic sextet and released on September 7, 2018 by Legacy Recordings.

(Source Paul Simon - In the Blue Light | The Paul Simon Official Site)

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Rolling Stone



But leave it to Simon—who made Nile Rodgers play 90-something guitar takes for one session—to redo songs in ways that don’t exactly overhaul the originals.

The Independent



...they are contemplative and melancholic one moment, silly and absurdist the next The Times

is a strange choice for a songwriter of his stature: a reworking of songs he felt were overlooked or not quite right first time

Paul Simon - In the Blue Light

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This week In Male Balladeers 36/52

Justin Timberlake, Van Morrison, John Mellencamp, Gregory Porter, Carl Perkins, John Mayer, George Michael, Tom Waits, Michael Bublé, Randy Newman, Dean Martin, Ed Sheeran

This week In ’80s Throwback’ 34/52

The Rolling Stones, Robert Plant, John Mellencamp, Elvis Costello & The Attractions, Level 42, The Cure, Metallica, George Michael, Huey Lewis And The News, Siouxsie & the Banshees, Basia, Bobby McFerrin

The Raconteurs release ‘Help Us Stranger’ their third album (their first in eleven years) (2019)

The Raconteurs' 'Help Us Stranger' is their third album (after a 11-year hiatus) featuring members Jack White, Brendan Benson plus Jack Lawrence (bass) and Patrick Keeler (drums) and released on June 21, 2019 by Third Man Records

The Raconteurs

NME



a smooth and bluesy ride to provide a very analogue album for a digital world

DIY



Theirs is a union as progressive as a tin can on a piece of string, as zeitgeist-chasing as an old man playing shuffleboard Variety

...where frenzied guitars carry the moment and the band’s metropolitan muse, Detroit, gets an early shout-out.

The Raconteurs - Help Us Stranger

AMAZON . ITUNES .

Paul McCartney is at the White House to accept the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. Among the (con)tributing

Happy Birthday Lenny Kravitz. ‘American Showman’

This day (May 26, 1964), in Manhattan, New York, is born Leonard Albert Kravitz better known as Lenny Kravitz, American singer & songwriter

Tracklist :

1 . Let Love Rule

2 . Be

3 . Freedom Train (Roskilde Festival, 1990)

4 . It ain’t over til its over (Peters Popshow, 1991)

5 . Are you gonna go my way (Pinkpop, 1993)

6 . Rock And Roll is Dead (1995)

7 . Mr. Cab Driver

8 . w/ Vanessa Paradis - Silver and Gold (1996)

9 . Can’t Get You Off My Mind

10 . Fly Away (Chris Rock Show, 1998)

11 . Yesterday Is Gone (My Dear Kay)

12 . Lady (Jay Leno Show, 2004)

13 . Tunnel Vision (Rock In Rio, 2005)

14 . I´ll be waiting (unplugged New York, 2007)

15 . Bring It On (2008)

16 . Thinking Of You (Tribute To Mother Roxie Roker, 2010)

17 . Stand

18 . Whole Lotta Love (35th Kennedy Center Honors, 2012)

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Happy Birthday Bob Dylan. ‘We Do Look Back’

This day (May 24, 1941), in Duluth, Minnesota is born Robert Allen Zimmerman better known as Bob Dylan, American singer, poet & songwriter and Nobel prize

Tracklist :

1 . Blowing In The Wind (1963)

2 . Mr. Tambourine Man (Newport Folk Festival, 1964)

3 . Like a Rolling Stone (1966)

4 . I Threw It All Away (The Johnny Cash Show, 1969)

5 . Soundcheck in NYC (w/ George Harrison, 1971)

6 . Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door (1974)

7 . Hurricane

8 . Idiot Wind (1976)

9 . Gotta Serve Somebody

10 . let’s begin (Avignon, 1981)

11 . Sweetheart Like You

12 . Jokerman (Letterman, 1984)

13 . Shake (Farm Aid, 1985)

14 . Across The Borderline (Farm Aid, 1986)

15 . Soon (The Gershwin Gala, 1987)

16 . With God On Our Side (Oakland Coliseum Arena, 1988)

17 . Political World

18 . April 28 (w/ Willie Nelson, KRLU

This week In New Music Videos N°207

Sting, Jonas Brothers, Andy Grammer, Courtney Barnett, KYE, John Mellencamp, Bruce Springsteen, The Script, Coldplay . BTS, Kane Brown, H.E.R., Jessie Murph, Rag'n'Bone Man, Joe Bonamassa

They are the performers of the music videos

that caught, these past days, our interest and musical or visual liking.

Here, they are reunited in one glorious playlist. Enjoy!

Tracklist

1 . Sting . Rushing Water

Lyrics >> Review >> More by the same . Official Site

2 . Jonas Brothers . Who's In Your Head

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3 . Andy Grammer . Damn It Feels Good To Be Me

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4 . Courtney Barnett . Write . List Of Things To Look Forward To

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5 . KYE . Tuesday (w/ Jerome Farah)

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‘Vous Avez Dit Bizarre’ New Music Videos N°69

Mau . Ricky, bbno$, Odisseo, Blessed, KWAYE, CashMoneyAp . Rory Fresco, Petite Meller, Summer Walker, Love Renaissance, Johanna Warren, MARINA, Samia, Polima Westcoast

They are the performers of twelve brand new videos that amused, puzzled and sometimes shocked us, these past days.

Beware (possibly) NSFW

Here, they are reunited in one glorious playlist. Enjoy!

Tracklist

1 . Mau . Ricky . OUCH

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2 . bbno$ . man in the mirror

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3 . Odisseo . Tiemblo de Ti

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4 . Blessed . Structure

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5 . KWAYE . RUN

More by the same : Facebook

6 . CashMoneyAp . Rory Fresco . Spider

More by the same : Instagram

7 . Petite Meller . Dying Out Of Love

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8 . Summer Walker,