This week we get a bold new album from Justin Hiltner & Jon Weisberger that shows us what open minds and collaboration can do for bluegrass, and you’ll also want to open your ears to new music from NewTown, Great […]
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“When American leadership boasts of exporting democracy,” a regal and majestic Jesse Jackson, wearing a three piece suit behind an ornate pulpit declared, “They do not talk of Jeffersonian democracy.” Any system that includes the enslavement of citizens with a […]
When the news arrived on Sunday evening that Aretha Franklin was gravely ill, many of us pulled out our albums and started listening to our favorites. Of course, it didn’t take such news to drive us back to the music, […]
Sixty years ago, Ralph Ellison wrote these words about Mahalia Jackson in 1958: “There are certain women singers who possess, beyond all the boundaries of our admiration for their art, an uncanny power to evoke our love.” If he were […]
Any Bob Dylan fans out there? Yeah? Maybe just a few? Then you probably already know that his latest album is coming out this Friday. Triplicate is a three-disc monster of songs by American songwriters who aren’t Bob Dylan. You […]
I’ll Carry For You: Artist pens tribute to Henderson sisters There’s nothing so beautiful as sisterly love. In less than two weeks, Canadian siblings Brooke and Brittany Henderson are set to team up, on the fairways of Rio, as golf […]
The Temperance Movement can slow it down for some tasty ballads, but the British band makes no bones about what it does best: loud, bluesy rock and roll. “Our music and our attitude is rock and roll,” says Glasgow-born lead […]
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 […]
With the volume of books published every year, many books are forgotten almost as soon as they are published. This week’s column looks back at a handful of recent books that merit another look. Respect Yourself: Stax Records and the […]
In late September 2013, Magnolia Pictures released the documentary Muscle Shoals, which was both a celebration of that recording studio’s funky, gritty soul sound and a glimpse into the life and times of its founder, Rick Hall. While the film […]
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