Editor Pick: Music

Joe Meek offered his share of teen-oriented pop, but he also had a penchant for strange novelty songs, odd sound effects, and numbers that dealt with the occult, outer space, and life on other planets.

At one point Springsteen’s finances were so depleted that he couldn’t afford to hire the musicians he needed for the album...

The Norwegian lutenist makes this 400-year-old music sound vital through a mature, warmly expressive sensibility, even as he explicates these old "texts" through a prism of meticulous technique.

"Did you hear, she up and left me, like some old country song. Don't have a dog or truck, but if I did they'd be gone."

Natural horn specialist Isaac Shieh has paired music by 19th-century composer Jacques-François Gallay with new commissions by contemporary composers, revealing Shieh's gifts as a musician and the potential for continued life for this ancient, "outdated" member of the brass family.

This collaboration between vocal ensemble Blue Heron and composer Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol is as beautiful as it is tricky to describe.

If you’re a Dylan fan, this eclectic box is a great place to go treasure hunting.

Perhaps the Pale Fountains will finally garner some notice following the appearance of a new four-CD box set devoted to Michael Head's critically acclaimed band, which formed in Liverpool in 1980 and split up in 1987.

The summer series concluded with Robert Schumann's Fourth Symphony, Clara Schumann's 'Konzertsatz in F minor,' and a world premiere by James Lee III.

Let’s hope we’ll soon see similar boxes devoted to the making of Drake’s other two studio albums, both of which are as noteworthy as his debut. The world needs all the music from him that it can get.