Lucinda Williams’ gruff slur on “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” conveys just how few times the fates allow us the moments we’d like.

A pessimist’s anthem for any era, Leonard Cohen’s “Everybody Knows” never loses its blunt force wisdom.

Mick Jagger’s take on “Waiting on a Friend,” from the Rolling Stones’ newly issued ‘Hampton Coliseum – Live In 1981,’ becomes a character study.

Eric Clapton presents himself for the first time not as guitar god, but as bone-deep soul singer.

Here’s our review of David Bowie’s “‘Tis A Pity She Was A Whore,” the second of two new songs to be included on a forthcoming retrospective.

This is the post-Roger Waters Pink Floyd album that David Gilmour should have made in the first place — one that reflects his own strengths.

With everything that’s gone on, the idea of new music — any new music — from Jethro Tull has to be greeted with unbridled jubilation.

Adrian Belew says his innovative new FLUX app will remove some of the inherent limitations that have always surrounded music making.

Life is, as this song reminds, full of strange delights — like finding Neil Young amongst pizzicato strings.

Alison Moyet’s return to a synthpop has been triumphal — a culmination of everything she began as part of Yaz.