westcoastmusic (Free subscription) | 09/19/2008
Felix Cavaliere and Steve Cropper released their new CD entitled "Nudge It Up A Notch". In the 60's, Steve Cropper's guitar, production and songwriting embodied the sound and the spirit of Stax and the southern soul. At the same time...
Listen Up (Free subscription) | 08/26/2008
Collaborations rule Steve Jones' latest playlist, but there's also room for the return of a few lost legends. > Pick of the week: Somethin' Gotta Give, Big Boi featuring Mary J. Blige: The first track from the Outkast member's upcoming...
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
RATING: (WILD APPLAUSE) These two veterans know their way around a recording studio. As leader of the Rascals, Cavaliere was known for extraordinarily soulful vocals on '60s classics such as "Groovin' " and, as guitarist with Booker T. and the MGs, Cropper...
Seattle Weekly (Free subscription) | 08/06/2008
Abe Vigoda Skeleton (Post Present Medium) Abe Vigoda wants to be Animal Collective, and Skeleton makes this plainly obvious. "Lantern Lights" and "Animal Ghosts," in particular, could be rough demos from Strawberry Jam . Both tracks bou...
The Allmusic Blog (Free subscription) | 07/30/2008
Alice Cooper - Along Came a Spider Like School’s Out and From the Inside, Alice Cooper’s Along Came a Spider is a concept album. This time the central character is a spider-obsessed serial killer who has been beaten down by society and now lives by the arachnid code of “”You trap, you kill, you eat.” Slash [...]
PopMatters Music (Free subscription) | 07/30/2008
This is 2008, not 1968. And while there are some contemporary flourishes, most of these brand spanking new tunes would not have sounded out of place on the radio back in the day.
Twangville (Free subscription) | 07/28/2008
Taylor Hollingsworth live @ Bottletree in Birmingham, AL. “Assasinate the President” TAYLOR HOLLINGSWORTH, Bad Little Kitty (Mass) Official Site | MySpace | MP3* Every song reminds me of someone different yet the album retains an amazing level of consistency. Listen for comparisons to Spoon, The Ramones, Guided by Voices, The [...]
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 06/02/2008
VENERABLE SOUL LABEL RETURNS WITH NEW RELEASES BY CLASSIC ARTISTS Nudge It Up A Notch Recently revived Stax Records offers up two tasty summer platters by revered Stax alumni - Steve Cropper and Felix Cavaliere's Nudge It Up a Notch and Eddie Floyd's first new album in six years, Eddie Loves You So, both out July 29, 2008...
Contactmusic Ltd (Free subscription) | 05/19/2008
Soul legends STEVE CROPPER and FELIX CAVALIERE have teamed up to record a new album for the revamped Stax Records label. Cropper, who penned some of the Memphis, Tennessee ...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 05/16/2008
Joined on Nashville sessions with bassist Shake Anderson and drummer Chester Thompson, with co-producer Jon Tiven NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- What would happen if you combined Steve Cropper, the Memphis- weaned Stax guitar powerhouse who also wrote and co-wrote many soul classics, with Felix Cavaliere, the singer, songwriter and keyboardist whose soulful voice and songs helped form the Rascals? The world is...
Billboard (Free subscription) | 05/06/2008
Jack Bruce of Cream, Eric Burdon and the Animals, and The Turtles featuring Flo & Eddie will lead the lineup of the third installment of Hippiefest.
Doctor Mooney's 115th Dream (Free subscription) | 05/01/2008
For the last week the doctors and nursemaids here at the asylum have been ridin’ the midnight soul train and listenin’ to a perfect blend of magic medicine from…Martha and the Vandellas “Dance Party”, Otis Redding “Otis Blue”, Aretha Franklin “Lady Soul”, Four Tops “Reach Out” and Ray Charles’ “The Genius of Ray Charles”. A few weeks back we posted about our favorite soul sister #1, Koko Taylor. Well,...
Soul Sides (Free subscription) | 02/28/2008
The Rascals: Groovin' From Groovin' (Atlantic, 1967) Editor's Note: This guest post comes from Scott Homewood who wanted to muse on the magic of the (Young) Rascals, one of more prominent blue-eyed soul groups that emerged during the mid/late 1960s. --O.W. Written by Scott Homewood: When someone brings up the word "soul" pertaining to music, I immediately flash back to the first time I heard "Groovin'"...
Westchester Real Estate Blog (Free subscription) | 01/17/2008
Coming to the Tarrytown Music Hall, Tarrytown, New York April 26th, 2008 at 8pm The Letterman, April 5th 2008 at the Irvington Town Hall Theater, Irvington, New York The New Christy Minstrels, March 15, 2008 at 8pm a the Irvington...
JasonHare.com (Free subscription) | 12/17/2007
Happy Seventeenth Day of Mellowmas! Just eight days until Christmas…and then this will all be over. Until then, just grin and bear it while Jeff and I devolve into perverse sexual references and mocking each other’s mom. Felix Cavaliere - Christmas In Your Arms (download or stream below) From A Classic Rock Christmas [...]
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Felix Cavaliere & Diane Marino new "Groovin" Duet
Check out this great new version of Felix Cvavliere's Groovin a smooth-jazz duet with Felix and Diane Marino. Smooth *& Smokin ! Check it out at www.dianemarino.com
M&M Records - (not a member) - 10/03/2008