Cotton Jones - The River StrummingThe American singer songwriter tradition has always been tethered to a rustic austerity, the sort of front porch authenticity that suggests an age where home electronics are still considered luxury items. But there's also the ongoing influ ence of Bob Dylan and The Band's Basement Tapes that strange and beloved document of the magic that happens when private experiments with the folk template flourish into layered and lush songs and it's genesis

Is someone there with them or is it their imagination

teller of stories

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Plus a couple of external guests: Tuxedomoon's Luc van Lieshout on trumpet

" takes Gladys Knight And The Pips 1978 soul disco classic and propels it into the future without sacrificing the original groove that made it a hit to begin with

and Carlo Rizzi

all strung together in such a way that the album is all of one piece

Sonia Ganassi and Anna Bonitatibus

a demo of Back Again with original guitarist Alan Augunas and an alternative demo version of the song Pain

That's pretty much my modus operandi in the 21st century

Francesco Dillon and Emanuele Torquati conclude their fourth album for Brilliant Classics in a lighter vein

The music in the Chateauvallon concert aspired to a universal language that would bring people together through song