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Timeless, but Chartless: A Songsmith Named Sexsmith

BY JORDAN MAINZER With a last name like Sexsmith, how can you not be noticed? Yet singer-songwriter Ron Sexsmith has existed just outside the circle of popular singer-songwriters for virtually his entire career. As trends came and went, Sexsmith relentlessly produced schmaltzy retro pop songs in the vein of Ray Davies, Randy Newman, and Harry Nilsson at a...

Ron Sexsmith's 2013 album, Forever Endeavour

Aging with Grace: Dr. John, Leonard Cohen, Bob Dylan, and Jimmy Cliff

Seriously, three cheers for the old guys. In an era where hype machine blog year-end top ten lists are often chock-full of buzz band debut albums, let us not forget that Rolling Stone is sometimes right. 2012 has seen great albums from the likes of baby boomer mainstays Dr. John, Leonard Cohen, Bob Dylan, and...

Not Dark Yet, But Gettin’ Stormy: A Review of Bob Dylan, Tempest

I might need another 10 years before I can write accurately about Bob Dylan’s new album Tempest, which comes out officially today. I felt similarly about 2001’s Love and Theft, which I listened to when my future wife and I drove back across the country together from California on a pilgrimage towards the remains of New York...

Bob Dylan, The Tempest

Bob Dylan – Still Breathing

As a kid, I discovered the genius of Bob Dylan via my uncle’s record collection, which included Another Side of Bob Dylan, Highway 61 Revisited, Blood on the Tracks, and Desire. But when my uncle invited me to see Dylan play this week at Terminal 5, I hesitated. How would Dylan the Man measure up...

Bob Dylan

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