With Hanukkah on the horizon, we thought we'd spend a little column space this month suggesting some music-related gifts. For music fans of a certain age, these are heady times, as certain classic rock albums are being reissued with, in some cases, unprecedented...

During his most recent performance at the Sheldon Concert Hall, Randy Newman quipped that, to really understand Paul Simon's songs, you have to know him personally.It was a friendly dig...I think. The two are among the finest American songwriters of the...