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“I know he doesn’t like this version,” Patti Smith said, with a grin, of Van Morrison before launching into her iconic transformation of “Gloria” for the finale of Thursday’s Carnegie Hall tribute to the Belfast singer. “But I’m thanking him anyway.” The same could probably be said of many of …

“Can you tell that I’m happy?” asks Bettye LaVette. The reason, the singer says, isThings Have Changed, her new album comprised entirely of songs written by Bob Dylan. With help from her husband Kevin Kiley, LaVette narrowed down Dylan’s enormous songbook to 12 selections, eschewing his biggest hits and best-known …