'60s Magic Now:
The Y-Verse
New Soul-Jazz Versions of '60s Classics for Our Times
After seven critically acclaimed records and a recent poetry book/audiobook with original music, Lisa B (Lisa Bernstein) is readying her eighth album: stunning soul-jazz covers of '60s classics that are newly relevant today. " '60s Magic Now!: The Y-Verse" appears in full August 2026 with a hard launch the following month!
" '60s Magic Now!" is inspired by Lisa's ardent response to the repressive, regressive Trump administration and by her love for these songs. Her new versions resonate with the originals' more innocent calls for love and peace while infusing them with cutting-edge flavors.
These fresh takes are boosted in four songs by new poetic raps — notably featuring the iconic hip-hop artist Lyrics Born on "Dear Mr. Fantasy." The era's frequent merging of soul, jazz, rock, and folk is reflected in expressive new arrangements.
The seven tracks include songs spotlighting four magical characters (Spooky, Mr. Fantasy, Ruby Tuesday, and Windy), each figures of freedom in their own ways. Lisa also includes two anthems of the decade that passionately address our socially conscious responses together to changing times. A vocal-drum rap duet opens the record.
All but one of the covered songs, Bob Dylan's call for civil rights action "The Times They Are A-Changin'," first came out in 1967.
Why the Y-verse? Y exists just a step outside of our regular Universe. Y asks why. Y is a peace symbol. And each title covered in these moving re-visions has the letter Y in it.
The song list:
The Times They Are A-Changin' originally by Bob Dylan, released by Lisa B as a single on July 4, 2025
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Watch the powerful video
Spooky by The Classics IV, released as a single by Lisa B on March 13, 2026
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Experience the groovy psychedelic video
Dear Mr. Fantasy by Traffic, written by Steve Winwood and others, to be released as a single featuring rapper Lyrics Born in July 2026
Ruby Tuesday by the Rolling Stones
Everybody Get Together (aka "Let's Get Together") by The Youngbloods with a passionate violin solo by the Slovak Philharmonic concertmaster, Dr. J.E. Rose
Windy by The Association
'60s Magic Now! by Lisa B and Jeff Marrs
Dear Mr. Fantasy by Traffic, written by Steve Winwood and others, to be released as a single featuring rapper Lyrics Born in July 2026
Ruby Tuesday by the Rolling Stones
Everybody Get Together (aka "Let's Get Together") by The Youngbloods with a passionate violin solo by the Slovak Philharmonic concertmaster, Dr. J.E. Rose
Windy by The Association
'60s Magic Now! by Lisa B and Jeff Marrs
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Featuring:
Lisa B (Lisa Bernstein) - sung and spoken word, arrangements
Ben Flint - keyboards, arrangements
Garth Webber - guitar
Julian Caipo - guitar
Curtis Ohlson - bass
Aaron Germain - bass
Lyrics Born - rap
Dr. J.E. Rose - violin
Brent Sunderland - percussion
Sandy Cressman - background vocals
Produced by Lisa B (Lisa Bernstein)
Engineered and mastered by James (Jim) Gardiner and Dale Everingham
Some Previous Takes on Lisa B's Music
“The freewheeling control of the raw materials that only the finest jazz practitioners possess... a true American original.” - Ted Panken, Downbeat critic“A pliable, expressive voice dipped in blue.” - Jazz Times
“Funky, fresh and sexy as all hell...seamless blending of jazz, hip-hop, soul, spoken word and popular music... One of the most daring and deft performers I've come across in a while.” - Canadian Audiophile
