Al Green is a man possessed. That should come as no surprise to anyone who has ever witnessed Green live. The spirits dwelling in that shelter come pouring out when Green opens his mouth. You can see and hear them […]
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Years ago at a music conference in Memphis, I met Nancy Apple and asked her about Al Green’s church in town. She kindly brought me there that Sunday on my way to the airport. Seeing the legendary singer on the […]
Well, after operating this column for months, I figure it’s about time I take a look in the mirror and answer my own questions about radio and being a DJ. This week’s subject is me. What else can I say? I […]
Here’s a question: what’s your favorite version of “9,999,999 Tears”? Dickie Lee’s? Kelly Willis’? Whose version of “All Along the Watchtower” would you spin endlessly on a desert island: Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, Dave Mason, and U2 have all recorded […]
Up until now, Canadian-born Frazey Ford is best known for her work as a member of the Vancouver trio The Be Good Tanyas. Indian Ocean (2015 – Nettwerk) is her second solo outing, the first being Obadiah, which was released in 2010. Indian Ocean reflects […]
The third solo offering from the eclectic come enigmatic Papa Mali is released this St. Patrick’s Day, March 17, 2015 on 429 Records. Music Is Love is another amalgamation of Papa Mali’s (aka Malcolm Welbourne) cosmic, Cajun, psychedelia. The man epitomizes […]
You lookers in the faces of gift horses will find reasons not to wholeheartedly embrace the second secular coming of Al Green. You’ll squirm when that falsetto strains to hit its mark, elsewhere think unspecial thoughts about his thickened cords, […]
Per the standard text, Ray Charles is soul’s prime architect, first fusing the gospel of his youth with the blues he loved, and then demonstrating his creation’s remarkable flexibility and breadth — a form conversant not only with its cousin […]
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