2014. "Bossa Nova" is Rio de Janeiro slang for "the new wrinkle." Basically, it is a blend of Afro-Brazilian samba and Afro-American jazz (...). It wasn't until the late fifties that the jazz-ins..
2012. Culled from a warped acetate cut in 1962, this is the complete songbook of NYC folkie Miller. Claim to fame: she wrote 'Baby Don't Go To Town', a song that boyfriend Billy Roberts would steal and "rewrite..
2013. There are certain albums which shake the world immediately upon release, and others which come from far underground and whose shocks and aftershocks rise to the surface gradually over the years, gaining mome..
2013. There are certain albums which shake the world immediately upon release, and others which come from far underground and whose shocks and aftershocks rise to the surface gradually over the years, gaining mome..
2023. This is the dangerous tandem of Gil Scott-Heron and Brian Jackson caught in action at the NYC Bottom Line in hot August 1977, just a week before the release of 'Bridges,' one of their best and durable efforts ..
2023. 'Songs Of Stone' is a musical project based on several epigrams, elegies and laments that Gabriele Tinti composed inspired by epigraphs from the ancient world. It arises from the wish to sustain the necessary ..
2024. One of the greatest reggae singers of all time, Dennis Brown made an incredible impact during a career that spanned four decades, his reign cut short by his tragically early death from a collapsed lung in 1999..
1980. ...Songbook'. The latest entry in Ace's ongoing Songwriter Series salutes the 75-year-and-counting career of the founding father of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues - the great Dave Bartholomew. Between the late..