Mature artists doing excellent work

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Originally Posted by Ench

Apart from FM, can people name 70s (more or less) artists doing excellent work even though they may have fallen out of the spotlight a bit.

I've heard that Heart's album Jupiter's Moons is a return to peak form. I haven't heard it properly yet, but probably will do so.

Who else?

It's Jupiter's Darling, actually. But I agree- that is easily Heart's best album ever. Usually with Heart you get a few killer tracks and a bunch of filler. But Jupiter's Darling is just solid through and through; this is by far Nancy Wilson's best material.

I think Carly Simon should be commended too. Since the turn of the century she has released two excellent original studio albums, a (relatively mediocre) standards album, an album of lullabies (pretty good) and a decent Christmas album including a handful of original songs. And this summer she is releasing an album of re-worked acoustic-ish arrangements of her classic songs. Not bad for someone who is almost 64! Take that, Stevie!