Ben Harper and his mother Ellen have collaborated to create an absorbing, deeply personal collection of original songs. It features ten songs that explore the intricacies of family life with honesty and generous intimacy. 3 out of 4...Ben gives his mother Ellen the coolest gift: pairing with her son on these homespun folk originals.--People 4 out of 5.--Downbeat

The eagerly anticipated debut album from British folk-indie quartet Mumford & Sons features the single Little Lion Man. This CD is full of beautiful harmonies and rollicking banjo chords.

Lila Downs creates an album the evokes the rich folk music heritage of her native Mexico while adding in modern arrangements.

Essential Classics is a series of two-CD sets drawn from the catalogs of EMI Classics presenting the best-loved and most popular works by the great composers, performed by the world's leading artists. The series provides a goodintroduction to classical music and will appeal to those who are seeking the most familiar classical pieces that have been heard in the popular media such as major films and TV commercials.

Contains nine Winchester originals and three cover versions, including a gentle, deeply felt rendition of the classic Stand by Me. The overall sound of the CD is a mixture of country, bluegrass, contemporary adult pop, and a hint of gospel, all convincingly melded together by Winchester's restrained but soulful vocals and artful phrasing.

A tour de force of storytelling years in the making: a dual biography of two of the greatest songwriters, Bob Dylan and Woody Guthrie, that is also a murder mystery and a history of labor relations and socialism, big business and greed in twentieth-century America—woven together in one epic saga that holds meaning for all working Americans today.

When thirteen-year-old Daniel Wolff first heard Bob Dylan’s "Like a Rolling Stone,"

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