January 8 would have been Elvis Presley's 75th birthday. What more fitting time to delve into the early masterworks of the ever-reigning King of Rock 'n' Roll?

Sublime songs paired with the finest vocal stylists of the time . . . ah, enchantment. Here's a Great American Songbook retrospective that's equally suited to New Year's gatherings and nights by the fi …

The young folksinger's world was colonized with a young man's idealistic dreams, standing shoulder to shoulder like so many freedom riders. In "When the Ship Comes In," Dylan goes Biblical when his cry …