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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

(Source Willie Nelson - My Way | Official Site)

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

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

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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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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 Guitar Virtuosi 36/52

Mark Knopfler, Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton, Steve Howe, Philip Sayce, Steve Vai , Carlos Santana, Gary Clark Jr., John Mayer, Warren Haynes, Mike Stern, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Jack White

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

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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

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

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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

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This week In New Music Videos N°221

Sondre Lerche, Russ, alt-J, Rauw Alejandro, Simple Plan, The Rose, Father John Misty, ERNEST, Keung To, Neil Young . Crazy Horse, Alicia Keys, Son Lux

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 . Sondre Lerche . Cut

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2 . Russ . Seduce (w/ Capella Grey . Tamae)

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3 . alt-J . Hard Drive Gold

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4 . Rauw Alejandro . Hunter

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5 . Simple Plan . The Antidote

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6 . The Rose . Beauty and the Beast

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Meshell Ndegeocello redecorates eleven 80s/90s hits and makes them her new comfort zone.

Meshell Ndegeocello' s 'Ventriloquism' is her twelth studio album (her first in four years) featuring eleven covers of 80s and 90s hits, co-produced with Jebin Bruni and released on March 16, 2018 by Naive Pop

(Source Meshell Ndegeocello - Ventriloquism | Official Site)

Meshell Ndegeocello

The Times



Private Dancer, for example, captures the sadness and alienation of the ....

Tennessean



We tried playing 'Smooth Operator' like (Sade's original version), but it’s hard to .. . Billboard

“Tender Love” is transformed into an imagined outtake from Neil Young’s Harvest. It’s an incredible interpretation of ..

Meshell Ndegeocello - Ventriloquism

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Swinging ’round Midnight

From 'Big Noise From Winnetka Midnight Swim' to 'Midnight Sun' , we have mixed 21 'Jazz For Dancers' tunes around the theme of 'Midnight'. It has B.B. King, Cab Calloway, Sir Julian, Benny Carter and many more.

Native American

Featuring Eagles Cry . Native American . Flute . John DeBoer . American Indian Chant . Cherokee . Cherokee Memorial Song . Mary Youngblood . Dan DiCicco . Northern Cree . I Don't Know Why . Pow Wow . Indian Hoop Dance . Cherokee War Dance . Drone Flute . Double Golden Eagle . Tunnel Improvisation