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

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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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

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

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

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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L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — A music polymath who has taken many turns — working on the Beach Boys' 'Smile,' writing arrangements for U2 — shows his flair for off-kilter invention again. Van Dyke Parks has a story for everything in his life, from the name of his pet schnauze... more info

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