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2008 has been a slow year on the old iPod for new soul music - not "neo-soul","garage soul", or "R&B soul" - but just plain SOUL, a la Solomon Burke, Stevie Wonder and Curtis Mayfield. And just like that, a friendly note gets dropped in my inbox with a link to Dan Dyer and his current self-titled release. Dyer's command of soul, gospel, jazz, latin, and country blues is uncanny, even for an artist...
One of the greatest soul songs of all time, Solomon Burke's "Everybody Needs Somebody To Love": You may remember it from the Blues Brothers movie, but that's cool, they had Cropper and Duck behind 'em: Another in the same spirit is Bobby Blue Bland's "Turn On Your Love Light": Let's not forget the biggest root of soul music, black gospel, and one of its foot-in-both-camps exponents, O.V.
What's on: Ice Cube and international athletics in Stockholm, Mamma Mia! in Gothenburg, Solomon Burke and international dance & street festival in Malmö.
The past few years have seen a resurgence of soul and R&B. We’ve seen bands good (Sharon Jones & the Dap-Tones), bad (the Pipettes) and even confused (Amy Winehouse). We’ve even had the reemergence of a couple of legends – Al Green & Solomon Burke – to remind us how it’s done right. Just [...]
An empty, plus-size golden throne sits at the centre of the Barbican stage, surrounded by red roses and a black-clad band, including leggy violinists, a sprightly blind organist and a three-piece brass section. As they play "Amazing Grace", the lights dim and King Solomon Burke – as he likes to be known – is carried on-stage. Burke has never been a lightweight, but in recent years his obesity has...
The King of Rock 'n Soul Solomon Burke is givin' the doctors and nursemaids here at the asylum some funk laced heartaches by the pound. Today we have a dose of perfect medicine that we have had under lock 'n stethoscope - two tracks that will definitely get all you buster browns out there out there in 115th Dreamland groovin'. If yer ears have yet to hear the lush gospel tinged sounds of King Solomon,...
Solomon Burke, the King of Rock and Soul, had to be lifted onto and off the stage at The Barbican last night and placed upon his throne. Now even larger than ever, he is a big performer in every sense of the word. But fortunately he has lost none of his soulful vocal ability. Perched on his throne dressed in an outsize silver suit, looking for all the world like Humpty Dumpty, he launched into a string...
Some people have all the luck in their work, Bearded has Gareth Main sitting in the sun at Roskilde Festival in Denmark, in the first of what was meant to be a daily blog, he talks about the Somme and wet girls. No music then?
There were many great R&B/Soul album releases this month including the latest from “neo-soul” (not so new at this point) crooner Dwele. Dwele’s Sketches Of A Man is being deemed a potential classic by old and new fans and sees him writing, producing, arranging and playing all instruments on nearly all of the tracks. “With my [...]
"Humility," I ask Solomon Burke, soul legend, mortician and archbishop of The House of God For All People, "is a central pillar of religious faith, isn't it? The idea is that you should strive to be humble, and modest?"
Barry Murphy returns once more trawl the TV and radio guides (so you don't have to) to find anything worth tuning into this week. All listings are for UK terrestrial TV, Freeview and national radio, with the shows running from...
Check out the anuual Jazz Festival taking place at the La Défense Esplanade this weekend. La Défense can be a bit of a schlep from the center of Paris (unless you take a taxi) but if I think it will be worth it, especially to see Herbie Hancock (6pm on Sunday) who is a LEGEND. [...]
It all started innocently enough over at my joint when I put up this charming clip. One of the two or three regular readers of my blog, who chooses, perhaps out of laziness, to go by the moniker Anonymous, left this comment: Great 60’s Male Vocalists in No Particular Order: John LennonElvis PresleyPaul JonesPaul McCartney Roy Orbison [...]
With 21 children, 88 grandchildren, a chain of mortuaries to run and bishop duties to attend to, it's a miracle that soul pioneer Burke still has time for the music business.
