"I was lucky enough to attend a listening session Thursday night," Powers writes in today's Los Angeles Times, "where I sat on a comfy sofa in front of a good sound system and scribbled down some notes on the 10-song set. I got one listen. Here's a quick response."
I'm no listening-session expert -- I've done it a couple times when reviewing albums -- but I will say it's such a hard way to accurately judge a record. (How many albums have you been able to figure out after only one spin?) Still, Powers is one of our best music critics, so I very much enjoyed her song-by-song assessment of Bob Dylan's Together Through Life. I'm excited about all that accordion.
