Leon Russell, seen here circa 1970, is the subject of a new tribute album, "A Song for Leon." (Michael Ochs Archives) Anyone tracing a path through the history of American soul music could do worse ...

A collection of the famed songsmith’s reinvented classics, Signature Songs features stripped-down versions and unique re-imaginings of several of the hits throughout his 60-year career. The ...

The late Leon Russell would’ve celebrated his 82nd birthday on April 2, 2024. The acclaimed Oklahoma-born songwriter and musician was one of the pioneers of the rootsy Tulsa Sound. Russell probably is ...

Dark Horse Records is proud to release Signature Songs, an intimate greatest hits collection of solo piano and vocal recordings, by legendary musician, composer, and performer Leon Russell. Originally ...

Leon Russell performing at the 2011 Stagecoach Festival (photo: Frazer Harrison / Getty Images). “This song is so prolific,” says Price of “Stranger in a Strange Land,” which was the opening track on ...

Leon Russell, a singer-songwriter and pianist who spent much of the early 1960s appearing on pop hits as a Los Angeles studio musician and who, in the years that followed, was a solo artist and ...

Margo Price, U.S. Girls, Pixies, and more artists will appear on a new Leon Russell tribute album titled A Song For Leon, coming September 8. (The Southern rock legend died in 2016.) Additional ...

Tulsa-based music artist Casii Stephan’s newest single is a cover of Leon Russell’s “A Song for You” and was recorded in one take at The Church Studio, which Russell founded. A news release described ...

Signature Songs:A Song For You; Magic Mirror; This Masquerade; One More Love Song; Tightrope; Stranger In A Strange Land; Hummingbird; Back To The Island; Out In The Woods; Lady Blue; Delta Lady.

During a 2019 interview on the Music Is My Life Podcast, Love said she loved “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)” when she first heard it over the phone. However, the writers were apprehensive about it ...

Most rock bios begin with 30 or 40 pages on their subjects’ early years and end with a look at what is often a retirement marked by neglect and what-ifs. Not this one. With “Leon Russell: The Master ...