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Jacey Falk: From a Place Within
by Dan McClenaghan
Jacey Falk is a blues/rhythm and blues/jazz singer who demonstrates an exuberant delivery and infectious appeal on his debut recording, From a Place Within --so retro, in a way, as to be fresh and new. Back in the very early sixties, before the Beatles and Motown Records changed the recording landscape, one would stroll into a little independent record store, search the 'Rhythm and Blues' bin, and find great but under-appreciated artists like Bobby Blue Bland and Gene ...
read moreMary Ann Redmond: Prisoner of the Heart
by Dave Nathan
Washington, D. C.'s Mary Ann Redmond must have been weaned on the albums of Aretha Franklin, Lee Dorsey, Gladys Knight (with and without the Pips) and other soul artists who claimed their place in the annals of American Popular Music during the 1960's and beyond. This urbanization of rhythm and blues eventually migrated into a pop oriented sound as all "new" musical styles seem to end up. The music became harder and tougher, relying on syncopated rhythms, raw vocals, and ...
read moreMary Ann Redmond: Prisoner of the Heart
by Dan McClenaghan
It would be hard to find more soul on a current CD than you'll get on Mary Ann Redmond's Prisoner of the Heart. Maybe on Solomon Burke's latest, but that's about it. Redmond's voice is an awesome instrument; she can belt it out to shake the walls down ("Since I Fell for You") or caress a lyric like she's petting a cat (her original, “That is All"), on a set that sounds like something out of a late '60's Atlantic ...
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