Two major figures in the Chicago music scene passed on last week. Cleotha Staples, who was the eldest daughter of Pops Staples, died on February 20 on the South Side of Chicago at the age of 78. She had been […]
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I have a friend who possesses a much wider range of musical interest than my own. Unlike me, she rarely concerns herself with such trifling issues as what genre best describes a particular act. And because – at least I […]
I nearly passed this one by. The cover turned me off, and as I’ve mentioned before, with so many CDs for potential review, an off-putting cover image can sometimes be enough to cause me to just move on. Guy with […]
Shemekia Copeland’s 7th album, 33 1/3, released last year, features that fantastically powerful voice, but now well under control and nuanced for the variety of songs on the album. Devon “Doc” Wendell in The International Review of Music, said that it was …”one of […]
Monday morning coming down. Finally I have a wee moment to reflect on the blur that was my rookie Folk Alliance International (FAI) conference, which touched down in Hogtown (aka Toronto) last week from Wednesday-Sunday. I’m pretty sure the staff […]
Monday morning coming down. Finally a wee moment to reflect back on the blur that was my rookie Folk Alliance International (FAI), which touched down in Toronto last week. The Delta Chelsea staff I’m sure are glad all these musicians […]
Cajun music is alive and well and doing time in South Texas. While you might know Kevin Anthony from his Twin City Playboys days, his latest offering, North Star, is instead steeped in deep traditional country, the likes of which Bakersfield […]
And I tried hard to tell you I was no kinda dancer‘Took my hand to prove I was wrongYou guided me gentlyThough I though I could neverWe were dancing together at the end of the song “Bruce has always held […]
Saxophonist Scott Ramminger is based out of D.C., but his soul’s in New Orleans. For this outing, he’s got the heartbeat of that city well represented with some of the Crescent City’s finest funksters and groovemen backing him on 7 […]
Camden New Jersey was a burnt out shell of a city across the river from Philadelphia ever since I was a little kid, and I’d guess it still is, although it’s been decades since I’ve been there. Think of “The […]
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