r&b Archive
30 Oct 2021
There is the Love: NC Music Hall of Fame 2021
North Carolina has a rich and varied musical heritage. As a means of honoring that state’s contributions to music, the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame was established in 1994. […]
28 Aug 2021
Album Review: Etta James — The Montreux Years
Announced in March 2021, an archive of historically significant musical recordings is now beginning to be shared with the wider listening audience. Run by Claude Nobs, the highly regarded Montreux […]
27 Apr 2021
Album Review: Jimmie Vaughan – The Pleasure’s All Mine
Among the wider population, Jimmie Vaughan is known as the older brother of Stevie Ray Vaughan, as the founding guitarist in the Fabulous Thunderbirds and for his work with that […]
10 Mar 2021
Things Get Better: Soul Man Eddie Floyd (Part 3 of 3)
Continued from Part Two … That success extended well beyond Eddie Floyd’s records. In fact – as he recounts in detail in his new memoir, Knock! Knock! Knock! On Wood: […]
09 Mar 2021
Things Get Better: Soul Man Eddie Floyd (Part 2 of 3)
Continued from Part One … During that “Knock on Wood” writing session, there was a torrential rainstorm going on outside. “In Alabama where I live,” explains Floyd, “the rainstorms can […]
08 Mar 2021
Things Get Better: Soul Man Eddie Floyd (Part 1 of 3)
On the occasion of the publishing of his memoir, Knock! Knock! Knock! On Wood: My Life in Soul, I spoke at length with soul legend Eddie Floyd. The feature based […]
03 Jan 2021
Album Review: Little Richard — The Rill Thing
By the end of the 1960s, it was reasonable to assume that Little Richard’s rock ‘n’ roll career was moribund. Though he was one of music’s most important figures, by […]
02 Jan 2021
Album Review: Little Richard — King of Rock and Roll
Just slightly more than a year after releasing a well-received (if non-charting) comeback album in The Rill Thing, Little Richard returned with the audaciously-titled King of Rock and Roll in […]
27 Dec 2020
Album Reviews: Three from Little Richard
Quite recently, Omnivore Recordings reissued a pair of long out-of-print Little Richard albums, The Rill Thing and King of Rock and Roll. The first was an impressive updating of Little […]
18 Sep 2020
Album Review: Dedicated Men of Zion — Can’t Turn Me Around
Right out of the gate, the strolling and assertive introduction to “Father, Guide Me, Teach Me” signals that Can’t Turn Me Around is not your typical gospel album. Music lovers […]