Skuds' Sister's Brother (Free subscription) | yesterday
... on it was. Booker T and the MGs kicked it off with Green Onions and then provided the backing for Sam and Dave, Otis Redding, Eddie Floyd and others. They really were the backbone of Stax records but seem to have been happy to stay in the background while a succession of singers grabbed all the attention. The documentary was a real eye-opener for me. Obviously I was too young during the 60s and...
Cinematical (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
Filed under: Comedy , Music & Musicals , Movie Marketing , Images I have an unfortunate knee-jerk reaction to the title Soul Men . Almost against my will, my mind is flung back to that 1986 C. Thomas Howell atrocity Soul Man , in which rich white kid Howell tried to pass himself off as black man to secure a scholarship. (Excuse me while I try to calm down the tremors shaking through...
News & Information (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
‘Some dumb show struggling with a dead horse, mumbling to yourself in front of a gaping hole you’ve spent a solid day digging, rambling on to imagined faceless souls.” Sam Shepard can generally be counted……Read more
Twangville (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
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 [...]
The Music Slut (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008
... only solution.* Read more of the article here. MP3 at bottom of post. Visit SS on MySpace. MP3: Sam Sparro - Black & Gold (RC Mix)
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008
James Hunter makes 'The Hard Way' easy On Tuesday night, James Hunter is bringing his unique variety of soul to the Troubadour. Unique, you may well question? Yes, unique. Critics, in their effusive praise, wrong-peg Hunter as a revivalist purist of the Sam Cooke/Jackie Wilson school, but his music takes in a wide range of influences, including '50s piano-based R&B, early Skatalites horn charts,...
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 07/05/2008
... fest grounds with an eclectic bath of sounds today.Early wanderers got a jolt of old-school soul steam with a funky, hollering set from Memphis vocalist Charles Walker and his band the Dynamics. His early-afternoon show marked the debut of the Odeum main stage, which had been idle on Rothbury's abbreviated Thursday launch.That opening bill had treated festival-goers to late-night catharsis...
Brooklyn Vegan (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008
Sam Sparro seems to be everyone's new (Soul, dance, electrofunk, R&B;, House) guilty pleasure. I'm guilty of listening to the new self-titled CD as we speak. I thought he (Sam himself aka "Vocals, Keytar, Guitar, Synths, Programmin") was from the UK until I finally just looked at his MySpace and found out his home is LA (moved there from Australia when he was 10). That means traveling...
The Telegraph India (Free subscription) | 07/01/2008
Darjeeling, June 30: A condolence meeting held here to remember Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw focused on the humane nature of an army officer who shunned ostentation to mingle with fellow soldiers down the line.
The SA Rocks Blog (Free subscription) | 06/23/2008
Come celebrate Jerry Clayworth's birthday along with some Chicano Soul @ Sam's Burger Joint! (Happy Birthday Jerry, and congrats on the 2008 Austin Music Award Winner for "Concert Poster Of The Year"!) http://www.myspace.com/samusicgrinder
O B L I Q U I T Y (Free subscription) | 06/27/2008
Twenty-five-year-old, openly gay, Sam Sparro is a consummate study in contradictions. After finding success in his adopted home of England, the Australian native is now ready to tempt the United States with his eponymous debut album. Bringing a three-octave voice, a ferocious and colorful personality, Sparro is a man who demands attention. Born in [...]
Rock Sellout (Free subscription) | 06/26/2008
iTunes is running a special on Sam Sparro’s self-titled debut this week for $7.99, and the track ‘Black & Gold’ is their free single of the week. So now would be a good time to sample the Australian soul man. My man Mark has sung the praises of Sam Sparro already, so I’ll just add that [...]
Manchester Evening News (Free subscription) | 06/25/2008
Arena date for soul survivorNOT every church minister has to find time to polish his Grammy awards between baptisms and marriages.Except, that is, for Al Green - once a nine-times Grammy winner and the man who brought us Tired Of Being Alone, I Can't Get Next To You, Take Me To The River, Call Me and Let's Stay Together, now an ordained bishop at the Full Gospel Tabernacle, Tennessee.He boasts...
My Domestic Church (Free subscription) | 06/12/2008
It's an interesting time. After seeing Calvin graduate on Tuesday, I started playing mind games with myself on Wednesday about Sam's high school education. In the things Sam is really interested in, he got As (and lest you think those are mommy grades, I asked his math tutor, who is a high school math teacher, his piano teacher and the choir director to grade him). But in the courses that he did because...
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 06/13/2008
With his white suit, untied bow tie, and sliding dance moves, Jamie Lidell played the part of a blue-eyed soul singer at a late show - made later by a delayed start and an incongruous opening set by the Liz Phair-like Jennifer O'Connor - at World Cafe Live on Wednesday night (and into Thursday morning).
