Jack White surprised fans at Beck‘s show at the Basement East in Nashville last night. Pretending to be Beck, White said he would play some of his favorite songs. “Hello ladies and gentlemen, I’m Beck,” White proclaimed. “I’m gonna play you one of my favorite songs from the 1990s that …
Read More »Leonard Cohen's Profound 'Thanks for the Dance' Is a Posthumous Grace Note
Leonard Cohen wrote and recorded until near his final breaths — the work, it was understood, was keeping him alive. Arriving three years after his death, Thanks for the Dance is a surprise, a sort of séance as shiva, a magnificent parting shot that’s also that exceptionally rare thing — …
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