Funky16Corners (Free subscription) | 06/27/2008
Mr. Garnett Mimms “Listen - Garnett Mimms & the Enchanters - Cry Baby - MP3″ Greetings all. Today’s selection is one of the first soul records that I became aware of way back in the day, and – I’m ashamed to say – that I only recently grabbed myself a copy of the 45 (despite the fact [...]
The Independent (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
The latest backroom icon to be anthologised in Ace’s splendid Producers & Songwriters series is Jerry Ragovoy, a giant of early-Sixties soul productions who specialised in appropriately giant emotions rendered through giant arrangements.
The Independent (Free subscription) | 05/04/2008
When Sinatra cancelled a recording session and left a 46-piece orchestra going begging, Jerry Ragovoy – like his friend Bert Berns, a white auteur of poppy soul — took the date, stayed up for 72 hours writing arrangements, and the result was Lorraine Ellison's "Stay with Me Baby".
Listen Up (Free subscription) | 04/11/2008
In reading the comments this week, I was struck by a pair from John Harmon, who made a passionate case for appreciating the great singers of the past as opposed to what he considers the overprocessed vocalists of the present...
Someday I Will Treat You Good (Free subscription) | 02/08/2008
Funky 16 Corners Lorraine Ellison - Try (Just a Little Bit Harder) Soul Detective: James Duncan - I’m Gonna Leave You Alone Fufu Stew Pretty much everything
Funky16Corners (Free subscription) | 01/31/2008
Greetings all. This Friday's recycled material comes to you from August of 2006. It's a great tune - with an interesting history of “cover”-age, and I hope you dig it. Though this piece includes some unkind words for Janis Joplin, see this post from a little further down the line for a reappraisal of sorts. I was [...]
Funky16Corners (Free subscription) | 12/29/2007
Yours truly massaging the wheels of steel… Funky16Corners Radio v.41 - 2007 Year In Review Playlist Joe Tex – You're Right Ray Charles (Dial) Edwin Starr – Headline News (Ric Tic) Lorraine Ellison – Call me Anytime You Need Some Loving (Mercury) Superlatives – I don't Know How (To Say I Love You) Don't Walk Away (Westbound) JJ Barnes – Chains [...]
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 10/07/2007
The bookmakers were running for cover at Newmarket when Pipedreamer landed a thumping gamble in the totesport.com Cambridgeshire, writes Stephen Dillon.
The Guardian Music blog (Free subscription) | 09/21/2007
No voices this week please. That means no singing, no screaming, no squealing and, certainly, no ululating.
