Tom Jones: 80 not out
Tom Jones’s 20 greatest songs – ranked! countrygospelsingerssoul musicTom Jones
Tom Jones’s 20 greatest songs – ranked! countrygospelsingerssoul musicTom Jones
Born on this day. See “Curtis Mayfield: where to start in his back catalogue“ Curtis Mayfieldfunkmusicsoul music
Released today! Aside from the two very insightful reviews by Robert Fontenot in OffBeat Magazine for the previous two albums — Texas, Texas and See Red — much of the minor “alternative” music press are awkwardly trying to shoehorn Deltaphonic into some Procrustean category or other. The clue to their music is . . . in the…
March 7th makes the 45th anniversary of the release of Young Americans. While released midway into Bowie’s creative purple patch, for me at least, it doesn’t rank as a first-order Bowie album. Back in the day it was of course a massive surprise and a pleasant one at that, the direction already telegraphed in Diamond…
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The story here. Sigma Sound Studio. For aficionados of Philadelphia funk, that’s a famous name. David Bowiefunknat turner rebellionphiladelphiasigma soundsoulsoul music
No-one better placed to write about the Memphis scene than Robert Gordon. This holds out the promise of being a cracking read. memphismusicrhythm and bluesrobert gordonsoul musicStax
New album just released and in conversation with Mary Louise Kelly. Led ZeppelinNathaniel Rateliffsoul musicStaxThe Night Sweats
Birthday boy in conversation with Terry Gross. And he say, hey, Bobby, come here a minute. And I froze – came back. Hey, oh man, I didn’t see you. He said I loved the way you did the song. I think it’s fantastic. And I felt really good. I said oh, I’m glad you really like…
Such a shame. Decent bloke, terrific performer. I was looking forward to seeing him late December. Reports in The Guardian and Billboard. Charles Bradleyjames brownmusicOtis Reddingsoul musicSoul of America