Last summer Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings blew away a Newport Folk Festival crowd. Last week they were back in Rhode Island, and Ken Shane was there.
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In 2006, Ken Shane called the Twilight Singers album Powder Burns the year’s best album. Now there’s a new album. Ken lets us know how it measures up.
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The Temptations’ hit “My Girl” is the very definition of a Motown standard. This week Ken Shane unearths a rare a cappella version of the soul classic.
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Sly & the Family Stone released their breakthrough album in May 1969. This week Ken Shane fondly remembers the album’s title track.
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In the true spirit of what the holiday has become, Ken Shane serves up a musical feast full of Thanksgiving flavor.
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Daniel Lanois is well known as a brilliant producer. His band Black Dub has released their debut album and Ken Shane thinks it’s one of the highlights of 2010.
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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.
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When General Norman Johnson died on Oct. 13, the world of soul music suffered another incalculable loss. Ken Shane remembers the great singer.
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This Sunday, PBS Masterpiece Mystery unveils a new “Sherlock” for our time. Does this modern detective retain the flavor of the original? Ken Shane finds out.
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Following up his rustic classic “Tumbleweed Connection” was no easy task for Elton John, but in 1971 he released another dusky gem. Ken Shane remembers.
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Angie Mattson impressed Ken Shane when she opened for Justin Currie on his first solo US tour. Does her new album deliver on the promise of that performance?
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Solomon Burke was known as the King of Rock and Soul. When he died last Sunday, he left behind a long string of soul classics. Ken Shane remembers.
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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.
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In 1970, the Dead threw the music world a curveball. Workingman’s Dead was a complete musical departure for the band, and among their new fans was Ken Shane.
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A new Crowded House album is always cause for celebration, and Ken Shane thinks their latest is one of their best.
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It’s a rare but welcome event for Ken Shane when Jimmy Webb releases a new album.
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Garnett Mimms and the Enchanters had a massive hit in 1963 with “Cry Baby,” but it’s a less well known 1964 b-side by the group that has stuck in Ken Shane’s memory.
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Released during the tumult of 1968, this Judy Collins album served Ken Shane as an oasis of serenity during some dark days.
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When it comes to soul music, there’s only one King of the saxophone: King Curtis. Ken Shane begins his new column with a look at Curtis’ most famous song, “Soul Serenade.”
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Ken Shane is giving away a vinyl copy of Jeff Beck’s new album. Find out how you can win!
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In January of 1990, the Blue Nile released their second album. Ken Shane celebrates 20 years of listening to what he calls “one of the great pop albums of its, or any, time.”
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Already a treasure trove for fans of live music, Wolfgang’s Vault is about to get bigger and better. Find out how in COO Eric Johnson’s interview with Ken Shane.
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Ken Shane revisits this 1981 classic in a cold and blustery autumn edition of Cratedigger.
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Clarence Clemons recently published his autobiography, and Ken Shane was lucky enough to spend a few minutes speaking with the Big Man about his life and times.
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The multiplatinum duo gets its first four-disc box, containing all the hits, a few deep cuts, and plenty of unreleased material. Ken Shane has the review.
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Ken Shane has re-emerged from those dusty crates again, and this time he’s carrying a rock and roll classic: the Band’s Music From Big Pink.
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Ken Shane reviews a release that will have power-pop lovers drowning in ecstasy for the rest of the year: the new Big Star box set from Rhino Records.
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Ken Shane heads back into those dusty crates for another week, and…what’s this? A new release? And one that you can win a free copy of, too?
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In his latest Cratedigger, Ken Shane blows the dust off a vintage vinyl copy of Elton John’s 1970 classic.