The shape-shifting musician often sounds like a completely different artist from one song to the next. On his new Song Reader, he leaves the sound... Beck Explains 'Song Reader,' An Album Fans Perform ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Beck Hansen wants you to think about the way music has changed over the past century and what that means about how human beings engage each other these days. Laboring over the ...

As Times pop music critic Randall Roberts wrote earlier this week, much of the fun of Beck’s new “Song Reader” project -- 20 songs released not as recordings, but as old-fashioned sheet music -- is ...

Beck's "Song Reader," which is available for pre-order today, is something you're going to have to play for yourself, literally. Like the L.A. Times Pop & Hiss blog, we've got some questions about the ...

In 2012, Beck released an album called “Song Reader” that included no recordings, only sheet music for 20 songs. Fans could play the music and decide on what the songs sounded like themselves. But now ...

The Portland Cello Project loves curveball covers: Songs by Kanye West, Jay-Z, Pantera or others arranged for classical instruments while maintaining the original edge and never stooping into ...

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With no ties, with no plans, your last dollar in your hands. Take a picture and send it back, to someone you used to know. —from Song Reader, “Old Shanghai,” by Beck There is a picture in my mind’s ...

(AP) Beck Hansen wants you to think about the way music has changed over the last century and what that means about how human beings engage each other these days. Laboring over the intricate and ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Beck Hansen wants you to think about the way music has changed over the last century and what that means about how human beings engage each other these days. Laboring over the ...