In the great soul man's hands, We've Only Just Begun was tender and excited, not cloying and sentimentalAt the beginning of the 70s Curtis Mayfield left the Impressions a...
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July 20th at Lincoln Center in NYC:"The product of a collaboration between Lincoln Center Festival and the Mayfield estate, this one-night-only event pays tribute to the ...
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Stuck in Lonesome Town? Stranded on the Lost Highway? You're in good company, as our losers playlist showsMusic seems populated by losers. That's the impression you gave ...
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“People Get Ready” was a vessel for the zeitgeist of the Civil Rights Movement. The Impressions’ earnest, glowing harmonizer made a perfect anthem, than...
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You don't have to be a crate-digger to appreciate the soul brilliance of DarondoEven those suspicious of soul fans' thirst for obscure tracks should hear this one. Didn't...
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Darker Than Blue: Soul From Jamdown 1973-1980: Not unlike Studio One Soul, the (excellent) compilation released by Soul Jazz Records, this 2001 Blood & Fire collection fo...
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Sometimes more is not more! 2 is not greater than 1!We love them both individually, but we have not been feeling the songs we've heard thus far from < Kanye West and Jay...
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In 1971 Motown set up a Californian arm, Mowest. As a new compilation shows, it put out some terrific music, but it was a commercial disasterIf success was purely a quest...
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alan f said...HiOST - Natural Born Killers (1994)OST - When The Wind Blows (1986)Nikos Xidakis & Manolis Rasoulis - I Ekdikisi Tis Gyftias (1978) (Greek folk)all @32...
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L'Homme Scalp said...LES TONTONS SCALPEURS are worried about the 'End Of The World' and are sincerely sorry for their friend in Japan - Last show covered last days obses...
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From castrati to Jeff Buckley, straining for the high notes to create a spine-tingling sound has long been part of musicWhat is it? It's the vocal register occupying the ...
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Fans of Will Oldham and Bill Callahan will find much to admire in the work of MC Taylor, a revivalist who also lectures in folkloreHometown: San Francisco.The lineup: MC ...
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