Bass guitarist with Booker T & the MGs, the band at the heart of the Stax soul soundThe soul music created at Stax Records in Memphis, Tennessee, was an indelible part of...
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Here's some relationship advice – Southern soul-style – for those who take their lover for granted …It's hard to conceive of all the great music that ca...
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It had been many years, but a couple of weeks back upon (re)hearing the ‘jam’ section, i.e. the latter 3/4, of the Dead’s 1971 live interpretation of Ot...
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Hi-Fi Club, LeedsMichael Kiwanuka stands centre stage with his eyes closed, shirt hanging awkwardly off his back. The only instrumentation is his guitar and the occasiona...
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*Bands In Transit* caught up with* Michael Kiwanuka* who's already toured with Adele, played a multitude of festivals this summer and is currently on his first headline U...
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This Leeds band play the sort of indie you'd expect from a group named after a Beat Happening song. But don't call them twee…Hometown: Leeds.The lineup: Richard (le...
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Jay-Z gets all the best lines, but it's Kanye who seems to be in creative charge here, says Alexis PetridisYou have to be impressed with Jay-Z's resolve when it comes to ...
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Not sure if its by coincidence or not that this dropped a few days after the Jay Z & Kanye joint that also samples Otis Redding. I mean the man made nothing but classics ...
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Jay-Z and Kanye West have the blessing of Otis Redding's family to sample his track 'Try a Little Tenderness'. The hip-hop superstars sampled the late singer's classic tu...
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As bass guitarist in the house band at Stax Records, he played with the legendary Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett and Sam & Dave. Here, Donald 'Duck' Dunn breaks of
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(Now Again)Founded in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1968, the True Soul label sought to stand alongside Stax and Motown and make national stars of its local musicians. Its fa...
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In the latest cut from their forthcoming "Watch the Throne" album, the two hip-hop monarchs make room for true soul music royalty: Otis Redding.In the latest cut from the...
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Here it is, then - the second track to emerge from Jay-Z and Kanye West's collaborative album 'Watch The Throne', which gets a digital release on August 1.'Otis' samp...
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King of Soul Otis Redding may have passed away over 40-years ago, but Kanye West and Jay-Z have resurrected his spirit on a new track from their eagerly anticipated joint...
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