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Charlie Apicella & Iron City: The Business
by Edward Blanco
Guitarist Charlie Apicella & Iron City get down to the gritty business of delivering variations of funk and soul jazz on The Business, a well-crafted, vibrant grind of guitar-organ sounds supported by percussion and saxophone voices in an exciting quintet format. Though Apicella's playing style has been compared to that of Wes Montgomery, he also has ...
1956: The Year Elvis Presley Skyrocketed To Global Fame!
Young Man With The Big Beat Traces Elvis' Every Step In The Year That He Transformed From A Rockabilly Singer To The King Of Rock And Roll 5-CD Super-Deluxe Box Set Features Studio & Live Recordings, An Unreleased Live Concert, Interviews, And A Lavishly-Illustrated, Day-By-Day Timeline Of Elvis In 1956 Deluxe set available now for pre-order ...
Legendary R&B Songwriting Team Gamble & Huff on the Passing of Jerry Leiber
Leon Huff played piano on numerous Leiber & Stoller classics From Leon Huff: “Jerry Lieber was a great inspiration and was vital to the start of my songwriting career. I also had the fortunate opportunity to play piano on many Leiber & Stoller recording sessions as a musician in the early days. When I had dreams ...
Gold Medalists Abound at Big Band Olympics
by Jack Bowers
As this is being written, Betty and I are just back from a ten-day visit to California, the first six days of which would be of absolutely no interest to readers of this column. The last four, however, were spent at the Los Angeles Airport Marriott Hotel attending the L.A. Jazz Institute's “Big Band Olympics," which ...
Johnnie Taylor: Taylored in Silk
by C. Michael Bailey
Concord Music Group begins a Stax Remasters series with the release of The Staples Singers' Be Altitude: Respect Yourself (1972), Booker T and the MGs' McLemore Avenue (1970) and Johnnie Taylor Taylored in Silk (1973). The Taylor's disc is most notable for sharpening the definition of “Memphis Soul." Johnnie Taylor today is best known for his ...
Elvis Presley: Honorable Discharge
When Elvis Presley was inducted into the Army in March 1958 and deployed to the 1st Medium Tank Battalion, 32nd Armor, 3rd Armored Division in West Germany, his absence created a rock vacuum. With the King in uniform, other worthy recording artists were poised to command a larger share of the limelight. Rockers-in-waiting included the Everly ...
Charlie Musselwhite Celebrates New Release with Performances in Wilmington & Sellersville
Harmonicist/vocalist/songwriter/guitarist Charlie Musselwhite will give live performances at The Grand Opera House in Wilmington on Sunday, February 13 and at the Sellersville Theatre in Sellersville on Tuesday, February 15, 2011, playing as part of “Hot Tuna Blues on Tour" featuring Musselwhite along with Hot Tuna (Jorma Kaukonen, Jack Casady and Jim Lauderdale. Musselwhite will be performing ...
The Da Capo Best Music Writing 2010
by C. Michael Bailey
The Da Capo Best Music Writing 2010Ann Powers, Guest Editor; Daphne Carr, Series EditorHardcover; 352 pagesISBN: 0306819252Da Capo Press2010 This is an editorial disguised as a review written by a music writer about a collection of articles written by other music writers, compiled and ...
Harmonica Master Charlie Musselwhite Celebrates New Release with a Performance in Philadelphia
Harmonicist/vocalist/songwriter/guitarist Charlie Musselwhite celebrates his return to Alligator Records with his new CD, The Well, and a live performance at the World Music Cafe on Wednesday, September 15, 2010. The album is an authentic slice of Charlie's deep blues roots with musical flavors from Mississippi to Chicago to California, including help on one song from legendary ...
Music Icons of the 20th Century
Icons of the 20th Century is the latest collection from pop easel artist Sidney Randolph Maurer (www.maurereditions.com). MUSIC ICONS OF THE 20TH CENTURY will be the first segment of the Icons collection to debut. Maurer is arguably the only artist who has painted more than 150 of the most important people of his own time. The ...
