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From The Vault: Richie Havens - "Paradise"

Watch folk legend Richie Havens perform "Paradise" at the 2008 Newport Folk Festival in Newport, R.I.  read more

The 50 Best Beatles Covers of All Time

Few songwriters have been so thoroughly covered as Lennon/McCartney, and the diversity of Beatles covers is a tribute to the Fab Four's unmatched mark on pop music.  read more

Hall of Champions: All-Star Musicians Team With Preservation Hall Jazz Band

The new album of surprising collaborations...  read more

Preservation Hall w/Tom Waits, Jim James, Buddy Miller & More

Jason Isbell, Brandi Carlile, Ani DiFranco, Richie Havens, Andrew Bird, Steve Earle and others sound even better when backed by on the nation's finest jazz ensembles.  read more

Preservation Hall w/Tom Waits, Jim James, Buddy Miller & More

Jason Isbell, Brandi Carlile, Ani DiFranco, Richie Havens, Andrew Bird, Steve Earle and others sound even better when backed by on the nation's finest jazz ensembles.  read more

Tom Waits, Louis Armstrong, Brandi Carlile, Many More Featured on Preservation Hall Jazz Band Comp

As Tom Waits first noted last month, he will be one of several notable folks featured on the latest project by New Orleans’ Preservation Jazz Hall Band....  read more

50 Best Bob Dylan Covers of All Time

As we began to compile this list of the 50 Best Bob Dylan Covers of All Time—asking for input from Paste readers, writers and editors—someone suggested that it might be easier to compile a list of artists who haven't covered Dylan. I've listened to literally hundreds of Dylan covers over the course of the past week, trying to weigh choices like, "Who's version of 'Tomorrow Is a Long Time' is better, Nick Drake or Nickel Creek?" But I don't mean to make it sound like grueling work. My biggest take-away from this exercise is that going to Dylan for source...  read more

Richie Havens' New Album and Tour Dates

July 20 marked the release of Richie Havens’ 26th album, Grace of the Sun, on his own Stormy Forest record label. Produced by Havens, the album features Groove Armada percussionist Patrick Dawes, Havens' longtime guitarists Walter Parks and Bill Perry, and world musicians Badal Roy (tabla) and Jorge Alfano (shakuhachi, fretless and electric bass). There are six original compositions on the album including the tabla-driven opener “By the Grace of the Sun,” the melodic “When” and the Middle Eastern-flavored instrumental, “Dusk.” Also included are renditions of Bob Dylan’s “All Along the Watchtower” and Joni Mitchell’s “Woodstock.” Richie Havens first emerged...  read more