soul Archive
07 Dec 2016
Captivate and Provoke: The modern black roots music of Fantastic Negrito
Note: this is the second of two features I’ve written recently about Fantastic Negrito (here’s the first one). Expect more; this guy is one to watch. — bk Fantastic Negrito […]
21 Nov 2016
Hundred-word Reviews for Nov./Dec. 2016, Part 1 of 10
Time to clear out the backlog before the year’s end. Here’s the first installment; lots of great titles here. Consider doing your holiday shopping, and note that I’ve provided purchasing […]
11 Nov 2016
Sweet Claudette: What We Learned at Bird Camp
On their 2013 For the Birds EP, Sweet Claudette successfully blended classic country and Americana, delivering six original tunes in an intimate, homespun style that focused on their vocal strengths. […]
01 Nov 2016
Fantastic Negrito: Fantastic Reinvention
The story of Fantastic Negrito is the stuff of Hollywood legends. But it has the distinction of being true: the man born Xavier Dphrepaulezz taught himself to play a multitude […]
17 Oct 2016
An Artist to Watch: Allen Stone
Look at photos of Allen Stone and read his bio, and neither will prepare you for his sound. Growing up in the Pacific Northwest in a sheltered, religious-based atmosphere, Stone […]
22 Sep 2016
Hundred-word Reviews for September 2016, Part 4
Five more quick ones. All these albums bear further investigation. Wild Man Fischer – An Evening with Wild Man Fischer Conventional wisdom holds that while Gail Zappa was alive, she […]
26 Aug 2016
The Edgar (W)interview, Part 2
Continued from Part One … Dan Hartman was also an original member of The Edgar Winter Group; he was with the band 1972-75. Winter says that “Dan was the first […]
25 Aug 2016
The Edgar (W)interview, Part 1
Edgar Winter was one of the most popular rock artists of the 1970s. From his solo debut – 1970’s Entrance – through his first album of the next decade (Standing […]
07 Jul 2016
Hundred-word Reviews for July 2016, Part 4
Genre-wise, I’m all over the map today with the next five of my quick reviews. Shannon Labrie – War & Peace On her second album, Labrie applies her strong and […]
05 Jul 2016
Hundred-word Reviews for July 2016, Part 2
More quick reviews. Some good’uns in this batch, including titles from the always-reliable Omnivore Recordings. Brian Cullman – The Opposite of Time Moody and atmospheric are the first two adjectives […]