Folk

Interview with Nani Vazana, Ladino songstress, who breathes new life into a beautiful and endangered language.

All five Tom Waits reissues offer evidence of Waits’s singular talent via soundscapes that draw on everything from blues, Kurt Weill, and carnival music to Captain Beefheart, sea shanties, and jazz.

An anthology collects nine classic Miles Davis albums. Plus Clarence White, Bobby Sutliff, and more.

After two energetic tracks, Heather Lynne Horton's album relaxes into a sweetly produced but sleepy string of shadowy ballads.

Chrissie Hynde and the Pretenders deliver a new CD, plus reviews of Wild Rabbit Salad, Crowes Pasture, Torben Westergaard, and Johnny Rawls.

An anniversary edition of David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars: The Motion Picture, plus a new CD from John Mellencamp and more.

An anthology of 1967 rock and pop ('March of the Flower Children'), plus Talking Heads, Christian Parker, and more.

An edition of Elvis Presley's Aloha from Hawaii includes the film. Plus rockabilly, Melanie, Beth Bombara, and more.

Joni Mitchell's triumphant return to Newport, plus reissues from the Contenders and Nick Lowe and new music from Darlingside.

Reviews: a vastly expanded edition of Eric Clapton's "24 Nights" includes three Blu-rays, plus CDs from Hot Tuna, Marshall Crenshaw, and Delbert McClinton.