Mahalia Jackson rediscovered: New CD
The very excellent Keith Spera reports. Also check out Robert Marovich’s excellent Journal of Gospel Music for his thoughts on the release. gospelKeith SperaMahalia Jacksonmusicnew orleansRobert Marovich
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Remembering Curtis
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O Little Town Of Bethlehem sung to House of the Rising Sun
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Rick Parfitt
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The Case Of Wagner: A Musician’s Problem
Chose your digital format of “The Case Of Wagner: A Musician’s Problem” made available by Project Gutenberg. Of course, one should also give a close listen to this version of Parsifal from Bayreuth 2016. And yet this other question can certainly not be circumvented: what business had he actually with that manly (alas! so unmanly) “bucolic simplicity,” that…
Fats’ website
Surprisingly, only now has an official website for Fats been launched. Let’s hope it actually becomes content rich and not just another naff and crass exercise in merchandizing. The best source for the Fats story remains Rick Coleman’s Blue Monday: Fats Domino and the Lost Dawn of Rock ‘n’ Roll. boogie boogieFats Dominomusicnew orleansrick coleman
Greg Lake
and then there was one . . . The Guardian — Rolling Stone — The Telegraph emerson lake & palmergreg lakeking crimsonmusicprogressive rock
Music and Alzheimer’s: Glen Campbell
There are two reasons to check out this documentary on Glen Campbell. First, is his going public about his cognitive decline. The trials and tribulations of Glen and his family will have resonance for anyone who has had experience of caring for a dementia sufferer. Cases such as these provide philosophical food for thought about personal identity and…
Herb Hardesty
Best known as Fats Domino’s saxophonist, Herb Hardesty, has died. See WWOZ and OffBeat. Dave BartholomewFats DominoHerb Hardestymusicnew orleanssaxophone
Little Richard
Born on this day — a most radical and brave pioneer. Little Richard told Blackwell he preferred the sound of Fats Domino. As a result, Little Richard began recording at Cosimo Matassa’s J&M Studios in New Orleans that September, recording there with several of Domino’s session musicians, including drummer Earl Palmer and saxophonist Lee Allen.[39]…
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