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Soul Serenade: Etta, Johnny, and Jimmy
The world of soul, R&B, and funk lost three of its greatest artists last week. Ken Shane remembers Etta James, Johnny Otis, and Jimmy Castor
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Soul Serenade: Chuck Jackson, “Any Day Now (My Wild Beautiful Bird)”
Chuck Jackson followed a stint with the Del-Vikings with a superb solo career that reached its peak with his 1962 hit "Any Day Now (My Wild Beautiful Bird)"
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Arnold McCuller calls "Soon As I Get Paid" his musical autobiography. He could haven't chosen better songs or better players to help him to tell his story
Read More »Redeeming Rod: Soulbook, the Faces, and Further Nails in the Coffin
One minute, twenty-two seconds. That’s how long Rod Stewart’s new album, Soulbook, actually gave me some hope that it might be something more than the latest in a series of cash-grab albums that started
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