Fawcett’a songs possess the depth, maturity and easily engaging quality lacking from other singer-songwriters these days.

Deep Purple is reliably good on ‘Celebrating Jon Lord.’ The surprises, however, come from one-of-a-kind combinations of acolytes and fans.

An unheard archival recording from Charlie Haden and Jim Hall is even better than expected – and that’s saying a whole lot.

‘Monty Python’s Total Rubbish’ collects all nine of their UK albums into one hilarious box set.

Josh Ritter’s version of “Rosalie” stands out on a Chris Smithers tribute album with plenty of bigger stars.

The Daniel Blacksberg Trio takes a conventional format and creates something refreshingly unconventional from it.

Daniel Lanois’ “Iceland” is unutterably beautiful at one turn, dark and humid the next

Diana Krall’s new take on “California Dreamin'” gives the Mamas and the Papas hit a much-needed makeover.

Seems Billy Idol covered a Stax song, without knowing it was a Stax song.

The latest edition of Odd Couples finds two ’60s icons squaring off. Call this one: That’s What She Said.