Songbook Vol. 2 Digital MP3 Album

Songbook Vol. 2 Digital MP3 AlbumRandy Newman takes a fresh look at both classic and more recent work in new solo takes on 16 of his celebrated songs, surveying 40 years of recordings. Songbook Vol. 2, includes songs spanning from the 1968 album Randy Newman through Newmans most recent, 2008s Harps and Angels. The Philadelphia Daily News gives the album an A. MusicOMH calls it "an invigorating celebration of the power of music, and a delicate declaration of the power of one man and

Gertrude Stein

and technology meet—inspired by these relationships between musical structures and natural phenomena

" said Jeff Tweedy of these 2005 Wilco performances recorded in Chicago

Singer-songwriter Billy Bragg considers it a favorite and tells the New York Times: “Woody Guthrie's spirit runs through this record very strongly

a sixty-year-old nylon-string guitar—accompanied by his voice

and Gilbert Kalish

using his songs to stitch together pop iconography

and strange

A fusion of the traditional Tropicália style and the indie pop of contemporary Rio

called “an unusually elevated and searing Vietnam War protest” by the New York Times

This comprehensive set marks the first 25 years of the ever-evolving Kronos Quartet

stratiform works that marry melodic improvisation with electronic textures