Dolores Williams, aka LaVern Baker (with several name stops along the way, including “Little Miss Sharecropper”) became the second woman inducted...
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Wikipedia on Tom Waits. Daniel Durchholz’s definition of his voice is priceless, and pretty much on target. Thomas Alan “Tom” Waits (born...
It’s cool to blog from an airplane. Laura Nyro was simply amazing. I’ve always had a bit of a problem with the idea that it’s sadder that...
Glenn Miller and His Orchestra’s (I’ve Got a Girl) in Kalamazoo was tops in October. It wasn’t a fluke: Five Glenn Miller songs hit number...
Donald Fagen’s fourth solo album, Sunken Condos, will be released tomorrow. DJ and Huffington Post blogger Michael Ragogna interviewed Fagen and co-producer...
This is intended as a Ladysmith Black Mambazo post, not one on Paul Simon. Initially, I was going to use the beautiful rendition of The Lion Sleeps Tonight...
The great Delbert McClinton cuts across many genres. Here is All Music’s take: The venerable Delbert McClinton is a legend among Texas roots music...
The great tenor sings Ave Maria. Pavarotti was born in 1935. We had some fun with a Pavarotti/Spice Girls collaboration a while back. The truth is that he...
Gary Golio commented on this morning’s John Coltrane post with news of his book, Spirit Seeker: John Coltrane’s Musical Journey. The book will be...
The musicians on Naima, above, are Coltrane on tenor, McCoy Tyner on piano, Jimmy Garrison on base and Elvin Jones on drums. The folks at AllMusic do a nice...
