From My Morning Jacket’s early days, frontman Jim James had a thing for vocal reverb. On his second solo covers set, it persists, and serves the project well – these classic songs feel like live broadcasts from distant memory, clouds in heaven, or an empty theater after everyone’s gone home. …
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For their first studio album since 2011, and first since their split from Wind-Up Records, Evanescence revamps the radio smashes of previous years into electro-orchestral adaptations – including a redo of their 2003 breakout hit, “Bring Me to Life.” It’s an act of artistic justice for frontwoman Amy Lee, who …
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