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'Born to be his conduit': Jennifer Warnes remembers her friend and collaborator Leonard Cohen

3650 days ago

L.A. Times - Entertainment — For many, the singer Jennifer Warnes will be foreverÂ linked to Leonard Cohen because of Â her 1987 album of Cohen interpretations, â€œFamous Blue Raincoat.â€ With backing from Cohen and musicians including Van Dyke Parks, Stevie Ray Vau... more info

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'Born to be his conduit': Jennifer Warnes remembers her friend and collaborator Leonard Cohen

3650 days ago

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — For many, the singer Jennifer Warnes will be foreverÂ linked to Leonard Cohen because of Â her 1987 album of Cohen interpretations, â€œFamous Blue Raincoat.â€ With backing from Cohen and musicians including Van Dyke Parks, Stevie Ray Vau... more info

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Stuart Maconies Freak Zone 2016-08-07 with Van Dyke Parks

3749 days ago

Core News — “Stuart Maconie travels to the furthest flung corners of left-field music to create a playlist that makes you rock back on your heels with the sounds of newness and difference. This weeks featured album is Song Cycle, the first solo album from Van ... more info

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Joanna Newsom on plunging deep into history for 'Divers,' her first new album in five years

4046 days ago

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Joanna Newsom will issue her fourth album, "Divers," on Friday, and since releasing her previous one in 2010 she's experienced a series of life changes. Five years ago, she'd already collaborated with Van Dyke Parks and performed at Walt Disney Conce... more info

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Van Dyke Parks gives his 'final performance' on the piano

4203 days ago

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Van Dyke Parks gives his 'final performance' on the piano

4203 days ago

L.A. Times - Entertainment — This past weekend, Van Dyke Parks gave what he called his "final performances at the piano" with a pair of shows at Largo at the Coronet, surveying his nearly 50-year career as a composer, arranger, record executive and all-around raconteur on the L.... more info

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Shelley Duvall :: He Needs Me (Harry Nilsson – 1979 Demo)

4439 days ago

Aquarium Drunkard — In 1979 Harry Nilson took a hiatus from recording what would turn out to be his final (full) album, Flash Harry, in order to act as musical director behind filmmaker Robert Altman’s 1980 film, Popeye. Co-produced by Bruce Robb, with arrangements by... more info

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STN Top 50 Albums Of 2013: 20-18

4714 days ago

Sweeping The Nation — 20 Low - The Invisible Way[iTunes] [Spotify] [Amazon]Low haven't been slowcore as such for a while now, but their raw delicacy still requires taking the time and effort to lose yourself in. This tenth album, for its occasional nods at gospel and ... more info

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Who Is Harry Nilsson And Why Is Van Dyke Parks Talking About Him?

4841 days ago

Aquarium Drunkard — Van Dyke Parks is a true conversationalist. He speaks in fluid lines, quickly but with great care devoted to each word. At the moment, the producer, songwriter, and arranger — who’s worked for Disney, crafted teenage symphonies to God with Brian ... more info

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