Retro stylist

Re Robert Hilburn’s review of Madeleine Peyroux [“A Vintage Sound All Her Own,” June 27]: I was in my car when I first heard Peyroux’s rendition of “Dance Me to the End of Love” on the radio. I thought I had driven into the Twilight Zone! I knew that Billie Holiday couldn’t possibly have recorded Leonard Cohen’s song, yet there it was, channeled through my speakers.

Peter Hess

Los Angeles