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Blind Willie Johnson

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Blind Willie Johnson was arguably the greatest and most popular ‘sanctified’ singer to record in the pre-World War II era. His forceful singing and stunning guitar work ensured that he continued to sell records even into the Depression. His blindness has been attributed to many causes, the most likely being that his stepmother threw lye-water in his face during a jealous fit when he was about seven. That he should turn to music after this is a recurring motif in the stories of many blind black singers, but even earlier, Johnson had admitted to a desire to preach. Now he combined the two talents to produce outstandingly powerful religious music as he played for tips on the streets

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Article: Play This!

Lucy Woodward & the Rocketeers: Plain Gold Ring

Read "Lucy Woodward & the Rocketeers: Plain Gold Ring" reviewed by Ludovico Granvassu


Here is a song that is striking for how well it combines beauty and complexity without any need for compromise between these two traits. “Plain Gold Ring" is the opening song of the self titled album by Lucy Woodward and the Rocketeers. Woodward has a track record of tackling iconic songs tightly associated with ...

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Article: Live Review

Charlie Hunter and Lucy Woodward at Dazzle

Read "Charlie Hunter and Lucy Woodward at Dazzle" reviewed by Geoff Anderson


Charlie Hunter/Lucy Woodward Dazzle Denver, CO August 2, 2019 Is it possible to trace Charlie Hunter's musical evolution by the number of strings on his guitar? Back when he hit the scene in the early '90s, he played a massive 8 string guitar. (Although he was on seven string guitar for ...

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Article: Live Review

Brilliant Corners 2019

Read "Brilliant Corners 2019" reviewed by Ian Patterson


Brilliant Corners 2019 The Black Box/Sonic Lab Belfast, N. Ireland March 2-9, 2019 For many years the words brilliant, jazz and Belfast rarely appeared in the same sentence. That all changed in 2013 when music promoters Moving On Music launched Brilliant Corners, subtitled A Festival of Jazz in Belfast. Since then, ...

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Article: Live Review

Gov't Mule at Red Rocks

Read "Gov't Mule at Red Rocks" reviewed by Geoff Anderson


Gov't Mule Red Rocks Denver, CO September 14, 2018 Many musicians like to collect instruments. Certainly guitarists collect guitars. Pat Metheny is a case in point. Over the years he has added a synth-guitar as well as the exotic 42 string Pikasso guitar to his recordings and live performances. Not ...

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Article: Album Review

Rich Halley 3: The Literature

Read "The Literature" reviewed by Jim Trageser


Tenor saxophonist Rich Halley decided, according to the liner notes, to make his twenty-first recording an all-covers collection. The title of the recording, he writes, comes from his thought that if “literature" connotes a body of work in classical music, then why not in jazz as well--and so he's collected a dozen of the songs that ...

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Article: Profile

On Stage at JALC: Paul Jost

Read "On Stage at JALC: Paul Jost" reviewed by Suzanne Lorge


Paul Jost had already enjoyed a successful, decades-long career as a drummer, sideman, and leader when he decided to work solely as a jazz vocalist. Switching from player to vocalist mid-course is not a typical career path for a musician. But Jost's quick rise as a singer over the last six years--he sang at Dizzy's Club ...

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Article: Live Review

Vossa Jazz 2017

Read "Vossa Jazz 2017" reviewed by Ian Patterson


Vossajazz 2017 Various Venues Voss, Norway April 7-9, 2017 Some places punch above their weight. Voss is one. With just 14,000 inhabitants, this small Norwegian town in the county of Hordaland, can boast a world-renowned sky-diving training centre, the country's foremost folk music academy, one of the best wine cellars in ...

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God Don't Never Change: The Songs of Blind Willie Johnson

Label: Alligator Records
Released: 2016
Track listing: Soul of a Man; It’s Nobody’s Fault But Mine; Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burning; Jesus is Coming Soon; Motherless Children Have a Hard Time; Trouble Will Soon Be Over; Bye and Bye I’m Going to See the King; God Don't Never Change; John The Revelator; Let Your Light Shine on Me; Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground.

Article: Album Review

Noah Preminger: Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground

Read "Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground" reviewed by Alberto Bazzurro


A un anno scarso dal precedente Pivot: Live at the 55 Bar, il trentenne tenorsassofonista newyorchese Noah Preminger torna sul luogo del delitto. Che non è la sede dell'incisione (questo, anzi, è un album in studio, benché inciso in un jazz club, il Side Door, in Connecticut), quanto il repertorio, anche stavolta estratto dalla grande letteratura ...


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