Fontella Bass, July 3, 1940-Dec. 26, 2012 Here is the beginning of an appreciation of the R&B singer Fontella Bass from Los Angeles Times’ Pop...
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Burning Spear, as the Wikipedia entry below makes clear, is a man named Winston Rodney: Rodney was born in Saint Ann’s Bay, Saint Ann, Jamaica, as were...
Here is the first 20 or so listings from The Digital Dream Door’s collection of funny band names: A Band Named Bob A Box of Fish with Tartar Sauce A Boy...
Here is a guest post from my cousin Ed: Steve Goodman was a very talented songwriter who wrote a number of songs with which we’re familiar. Above is a...
“ Here is the promotional copy about Lianne La Havas from her label, which is Nonesuch: Lianne La Havas has emerged as one of the UK’s most buzzed-about...
Pinetop Perkins’ Pinetop’s Boogie is above. Below is Down in Mississippi. Here is the beginning of Perkins’ bio: Pinetop Perkins was one of...
A modern classic from Run DMC.
Merry Christmas from The Daily Music Break.
Bill Monroe: Rawhide and Sally Goodin The Gibson Brothers: Bluegrass Entertainers of the Year Let’s Get Second Shelby Bottom String Band: East Nashville Rag...
A sad note on Christmas Eve. Jack Klugman, who died today at age 90, was not a musical personality per se. But the theme music from The Odd Couple —...
