Released 15 years ago this week, Levon Helm’s ‘Dirt Farmer’ was so determinedly rustic that it made the Band sound like sleek electronica.

This, quite clearly, is a labor of love, and every element speaks to Amy Helm’s steely focus on making the album she always wanted to make.

A treasured opportunity to hear Levon Helm swinging again, in all of his groaning, yelping, easy-going, era-defying, down-home glory.

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For Elvis Costello, the Band arrived like a bolt out of the blue.

Some magic was bound to surround this, as Jimmy Vivino reunited with long-time former collaborators for the first time in years.

Neo-progger Steven Wilson’s stirring new album spends a second month in the reader’s poll.