The recent tributes to the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. have been folded and put away.

Out of all the recent multi-artist tribute albums, this homage to the English folk songwriter, singer and guitarist has a singular integrity.

Even the most gushing of the recent tributes didn't paint him as a terribly nice man.

He has returned to more traditional Southern gospel and bluegrass, including a recent tribute to Bill Monroe.

"He was the greatest, the most inspired of the unrecognized American directors," observed Bernardo Bertolucci in a message sent to a recent tribute to the director.

But what spurred the most recent tribute to the older generation?

"The color," Caroline noted, "must be a recent tribute to Mr. Hearst."

"I've never written a show without Andre at the helm," Ms. Pen wrote in a recent tribute to the director.

In his recent tribute to Michael Grandage on this blog, Michael Billington suggested that directors only really make their mark by running buildings.

"Ara Guler is a great creative artist," Turkey's most prominent living writer, Yasar Kemal, wrote in a recent tribute.