Los Angeles Times

Leon Russell — a songwriter’s songwriter, a musician’s musician — is finally getting his due

Anyone tracing a path through the history of American soul music could do worse than to catalog the many, many renditions of Leon Russell’s “A Song for You.” The latest to take up “A Song for You,” ...
WBUR

Leon Russell, the musician's musician: New book takes an in-depth look at his life and career

Leon Russell is responsible for much of the best music of the 1960s and ‘70s. From his work with the Wrecking Crew — a band of notable Los Angeles musicians who played some of the biggest hits of the ...
Los Angeles Times

Why you’ve probably never heard of one of L.A.’s most influential rockers

A selective list of Leon Russell’s collaborators reads like a roll call of rock divinity: Jerry Lee Lewis, the Beach Boys, Ike and Tina Turner, the Rolling Stones, Joe Cocker, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, ...
Spin

Rise, Hard Fall, Rise: New Book Explores the Long and Winding Saga of Leon Russell

If ever there was a riches to rags—and back to riches—rock and roll tale begging to be told, the decades-long odyssey of Leon Russell would be it. A hugely influential piano visionary, bandleader, ...
The Boston Globe

Bill Janovitz goes deep to tell the story of Leon Russell, a rock showman teetering on a tightrope

Bill Janovitz is best known as the singer-guitarist of the guitar-rock trio Buffalo Tom, the celebrated alt-rock band he formed in 1986 with his UMass Amherst schoolmates Chris Colbourn and Tom ...
Yahoo

Leon Russell — a songwriter's songwriter, a musician's musician — is finally getting his due

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 ...