This week In One-Off Collaborations 09/52

Snoop Dogg & Gorillaz, Ed Sheeran, Jimmy Fallon & The Roots, Bonnie Raitt & Bo Diddley, Johnny Cash & James Taylor, Grace Slick & Hot Tuna, Tom Jones & Dusty Springfield, Rachelle Ferrell & Jennifer Hudson, Robert Glasper & Lalah Hathaway, Mary J Blige, Brandy, Aretha Franklin, Chaka Kahn, Cece Winans & Whitney Houston, Billy Joel & Roger Daltrey, Bruce Springsteen, Eddie Vedder & Tom Morello, Cody Jinks & Jamey Johnson

This week In One-Off Collaborations 47/52

Bonnie Raitt & Bruce Hornsby, The Rolling Stones & Bonnie Raitt, Muddy Waters & The Rolling Stones, John Mellencamp & Billy Joel, Josh Groban & Sharon Isbin, Jamey Johnson & Alison Krauss, Bob Welch & Christine McVie, Joe Walsh & Daryl Hall, Johnny Winter & Dr John, Michael Hutchence & Bono, Sheila E & Candy Dulfer, Tower Of Power & Candy Dulfer

Willie Nelson does not sing Frank Sinatra’s repertoire like Sinatra. He sings it his way.

Willie Nelson's 'My Way' is his sixty-eighth studio album featuring Norah Jones on one song, produced by Buddy Cannon and Matt Rollings and released on September 14, 2018 by Legacy Recordings

Willie Nelson

Rolling Stone



“He didn’t worry about behind the beat or in front of the beat, or whatever – he could sing it either way, and that’s the feel you have to have.”

The Mainichi



a bluesy intimacy that may make some of those who don't care much for Sinatra's braggadocio and bombast on his own version give the song another chance. The Art Desk

He doesn’t amp up the croon factor or melodrama like so many young Bublé wannabes. He simply inhabits the songs

Willie Nelson - My Way

AMAZON . ITUNES .

Recorded on January 12 & 13, 2007, "Two Men with the Blues" is a

For ‘In the Blue Light,’ Paul Simon hires Bill Frisell, Wynton Marsalis and others to revisit several old and more obscure pieces of his catalogue. De(blue)lightful!

Paul Simon's 'In the Blue Light' is his fourteenth solo studio album recorded with among others Bill Frisell, Wynton Marsalis, Bryce Dessner from The National and the yMusic sextet and released on September 7, 2018 by Legacy Recordings.

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Rolling Stone



But leave it to Simon—who made Nile Rodgers play 90-something guitar takes for one session—to redo songs in ways that don’t exactly overhaul the originals.

The Independent



...they are contemplative and melancholic one moment, silly and absurdist the next The Times

is a strange choice for a songwriter of his stature: a reworking of songs he felt were overlooked or not quite right first time

Paul Simon - In the Blue Light

AMAZON . ITUNES .

Happy Birthday Willie Nelson. ‘Simple Nelson’

This day (April 29, 1933), in Abbott, Texas, U.S., is born Willie Hugh Nelson a.k.a Willie Nelson, American singer, songwriter and activist

Tracklist :

1 . Hello Walls

2 . Mr. Record Man (1969)

3 . Bloody Mary Morning (Austin City Limits, 1974)

4 . If You’ve Got The Money Honey (1977)

5 . Live Medley (w/ Bee Gees, Glen Campbell, 1979)

6 . Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain (Midnight Special 1980)

7 . Somewhere Over the Rainbow (Austin City Limits, 1981)

8 . You Were Always On My Mind (1982)

9 . Stardust (HBO Special, 1983)

10 . On the Road Again (Farm Aid, 1985)

11 . Whiskey River (Farm Aid, 1986)

12 . Island In The Sea (1987)

13 . I Never Cared For You (1988)

14 . There You Are

15 . City of New Orleans (w/ The Highwaymen)

16 . Graceland (w/ Paul Simon, Farm Aid, 1992)

17 . Hard Times (w/ Bob