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Thursday, May 3 2007

Warren Zevon: Excitable Boy

All hail the excitable boy genius of studio-savvy singer/songwriter-dom. PopMatters examines the new slate of Zevon re-issues.


Reviews

Friday, January 9 2009

Warren Zevon: Warren Zevon

Dark, powerful, and intelligent, Zevon's self-titled album is an underappreciated masterpiece.


Friday, May 25 2007

Warren Zevon: Preludes - Rare and Unreleased Recordings

Paints a fuller portrait of a talent who remains underrated despite it all.


Monday, March 1 2004

Warren Zevon: VH1 (Inside) Out -- Warren Zevon: Keep Me in Your Heart

The power of the film resides in Zevon's directness. He never seems to forget that he's dying, yet he keeps his life from taking on either a romantic sheen or a pitiful skin.


Thursday, August 28 2003

Warren Zevon: The Wind

The Wind is the most unusual of gifts, in this case a final album from a very twisted songwriter, a collection recorded after receiving the most dreadful news, that his life could be over in a few months.


Thursday, August 1 2002

Warren Zevon: My Ride's Here

When Zevon drops the wise guy shtick, he often achieves the same enigmatic sweetness that seeped into Leonard Cohen's music about 20 years ago.


News

Tuesday, May 29 2007

The delightful and difficult Mr. Zevon

Warren Zevon took me for a ride. Or it seems that way to me now, based on something Jackson Browne says in "I'll Sleep When…


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