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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 »Soul Serenade: Anniversary MegaMix 1
Ken Shane celebrates the six-month anniversary of his Soul Serenade column with an awesome mix that includes every song that has appeared in his column so far
Read More »CD Review: Steve Cropper and Felix Cavaliere, “Midnight Flyer”
You know these guys, at least you know their work. Between them, Steve Cropper and Felix Cavaliere were complicit in the creation of dozens of hit records in the ’60s and early ’70s. Guitarist
Read More »CD Review: Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, “I Learned the Hard Way”
Retro-soul is a musical style in which contemporary artists attempt to recapture the sound and feel of the great soul music of the ’60s and early ’70s. Musical touchstones include the sounds of Motown,
Read More »CD Review: Wilson Pickett, “Funky Midnight Mover: The Atlantic Studio Recordings (1962-1978)”
Like a lot of his peers, Wilson Pickett was primarily known as a singles artist; most people, if they remember his work at all, know him for “In the Midnight Hour,” “Land of 1000
Read More »CD Review: The Revelations featuring Tre Williams, “Deep Soul”
I love soul music in each and every one of its glorious permutations, so it’s been gratifying for me to listen as a new generation of soul masters has taken the spotlight in the
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