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Digging for Gold: The Time-Life “AM Gold” Series, Part 17
The good ship AM Gold has arrived in 1966, and we're forced to confront an age-old question -- how do you separate art from the artist
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Digging for Gold: The Time-Life “AM Gold” Series, Part 7
Put your headphones on and your cares away, and come back with us once again to the world of Time-Life's "AM Gold" -- 1963 style!
Read More »Here’s Something Else!: Kicking It Old School, JB Horns Edition
James Brown got all of the headlines, be they for his fancy moves, his fancier suits or his brushes with the law. But the JB Horns, those great groovers who provided the punctuation to
Read More »Soul Serenade: Year One
Ken Shane reflects on the first birthday of his weekly Soul Serenade column and gifts another classic soul megamix to our readers
Read More »Cratedigger: Elvis Costello and the Attractions, “Get Happy”
Whether he was atoning for racial intolerant comments or simply following his muse, Elvis Costello's 1980 album "Get Happy" remains among his finest efforts
Read More »Soul Serenade: James Brown and the Famous Flames, “I’ll Go Crazy”
To make up for the inexcusable absence of the King of Soul from his Soul Serenade column, Ken Shane offers up a double shot of James Brown
Read More »Mix Six: “Brass Kiss”
DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE Since musical styles come around again and again, I’m sure it’s only a matter of time before horn sections start to be part of popular bands once again. The
Read More »Soul Serenade: The Magnificent Men, “Peace of Mind”
When I first encountered the legend of the Magnificent Men, it was like something out of a movie. According to the story, this group of white kids from Harrisburg and York, PA were booked
Read More »Mix Six: “My Birth Year”
As his birthday approaches, Ted Asregadoo is inspired to put together a playlist of songs from the year he was born
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