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Marty Stuart’s ‘The Pilgrim,’ a turning point in his career, reappears with bonus tracks and a book. Plus, Sweet Lizzy Project, Phast Phreddie, and Grant Peeples.

Just in time for the 2020 Grammys, here is my annual list of top releases of 2019 (including Baroness, Lana Del Rey, Neil Young, Lizzo, and Slipknot).

Hank Williams's so-called "Mother's Best" recordings offer essential music. Plus, fine releases from Mick Kolassa and Letitia VanSant.

The Cliburn Award-winning Chinese-American pianist will perform George Gershwin's 'Rhapsody in Blue' at Lincoln Center's Lunar New Year concert on Jan. 28.

On his brilliant new album the keyboardist and guitarist has set thousand-year-old poems in Hebrew, Arabic and the other languages of Andalusia to bubbling stews of traditional instrumentation with strains of jazz and swatches of the Western avant-garde.

A three-CD anthology showcases the Honeycombs, a British Invasion group. Plus, Wild Rabbit Salad, the Lil Smokies, and previously unheard work from the Righteous Brothers’ Bobby Hatfield.

A massive box set explores Pink Floyd’s post-1985 work. Plus, CDs from Seamus Egan and Big Mike.

The reality show genre is skewered in this on-target mockumentary about celebrities who are famous for no reason except their desire to be famous.

Conor McPherson's musical is a sensitively crafted production about the Great Depression, featuring great tracks from Bob Dylan's rich discography.

Three years after Leonard Cohen’s death, a new album from him appears. Plus, live Springsteen material from the '90s.