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Article: Interview

Miles Okazaki: Cleaning the Mirror

Read "Miles Okazaki: Cleaning the Mirror" reviewed by Daniel Lehner


In the backyard of his home in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, guitarist Miles Okazaki has spent time constructing a multifaceted backyard/garden filled with overhanging plants, stone walkways and a wooden pavilion surrounding a table and benches. The slats of the pavilion's floor seem to have been crafted merely for aesthetic purposes, but there's another process at work: ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Shemekia Copeland to Perform in Sellersville & Kutztown

Grammy-nominated and Harlem-bred vocalist Shemekia Copeland will perform at the Sellersville Theater in Sellersville on Wednesday, April 11 and as part of The Performing Artists Series at Ursa Minor's Cafe in Kutztown on Thursday, April 12, 2012. Copeland's powerhouse music has garnered her praise from mainstream press and radio and earned her many awards. Deluxe Edition ...

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Article: Interview

Jimmy Scott: Across the Universe

Read "Jimmy Scott: Across the Universe" reviewed by Chris M. Slawecki


Listening to Little Jimmy Scott sing is different from listening to any other singer. His high-pitched voice carries more emotion than any instrument can reasonably bear, and seems to come from a special place deep within his heart. Yet that voice also seems to resound from a profound source far beyond any one man, a place ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Shemekia Copeland to Perform in Blue Bell on April 2

Shemekia Copeland to Perform in Blue Bell on April 2

Shemekia Copeland to Perform in Blue Bell: Touring in Support of the New Alligator Records best-of CD Deluxe Edition “Copeland delivers a gutsy collection of bluesy tunes steeped in Memphis soul and Muscle Shoals. She is a singer with fervor and funk, power, chops and range."—USA Today Grammy-nominated and Harlem-bred vocalist Shemekia Copeland will perform at ...

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Article: Take Five With...

Take Five With Antoinette Montague

Read "Take Five With Antoinette Montague" reviewed by AAJ Staff


Meet Antoinette Montague:Antoinette Montague likes to say she simply sings “people music." Make no mistake about it, she is a jazz singer through and through, but one who pushes the genre's boundaries. On her new recording, Behind the Smile, Montague sings classic jazz standards (new and old), resurrects lovely-but-obscure melodies, blends in blues and ...

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Video

Teardrops From My Eyes

Featuring the music of Ruth Brown
Duration: 3:35

Taped in Hollywood, CA - 1983, Ruth performs her very first hit to ever go to #1 on the R & B charts (in 1950).
Album

The Platinum Collection

Label: Verve Records
Released: 2007

Album

Black Is Brown And Brown Is Beautiful

Label: Verve Records
Released: 2005

Album

A Good Day For The Blues

Label: Verve Records
Released: 1999

Album

R+B=Ruth Brown

Label: Verve Records
Released: 1997


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