Frank Patterson : Danny Boy [ purchase ] Sam Cooke : Danny Boy [ purchase ] The Pogues : Danny Boy [ purchase ] Richard Thompson : Danny Boy [ purchase ] “Danny Boy” has to a certain degree become the Irish-American anthem, with its overtones of exile, of loved family left [...]
Warren Whyte, more popularly known as Turban X has been getting steady radio rotation in Jamaica with his latest single entitled “Jah Love”. The song, which he not only sang, but also produced, talks about the oppression of poor people and the power of God’s love. Turban X, who hails from the parish of St. Andrew, grew up as one of ten children. With such a large family, the struggles of life were eminent, but the only thing that had kept him going was the sweet sound of reggae music. Turban's mother, even though she didn't [...]
Here's one of my favorite tracks by Common entitled The Food , featuring Kanye West. The track consists of two samples from two tracks that if it wasn't for this song, would never come up in the same sentence. The first is a 1962 love ballad by Sam Cooke called Nothing Can Change This Love . You can hear the sampled piano notes on both Common's track and Cooke's track throughout pretty much the whole song, from start to end. The second sample is actually not really a sample by definition because it wasn't actually [...]
By Chris Gedos Happy Valentine’s Day!? One of the smoothest ever drops one of his smoothest vocals, doing justice to this most corporate holiday. Marvin Gaye needed a much longer and more varied career to top this original top dawg. “Cupid”, which was also written by Mr. Cooke, peaked at #17 in August, 1961. Why wasn’t it a Valentine’s Day song!? Such an omission would be impermissible in the contemporary music industry. Quite possibly it could’ve given Sam his only #1; he made it to #2 [...]
Sam Cooke: Get Yourself Another Fool [ Buy Paul's album ] [ Buy the Sam Cooke album ] With covers of such standards as "Bye Bye Blackbird", "It's Only A Paper Moon" and Fats Waller's "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter", Paul McCartney's new album Kisses On The Bottom may appear to be slipping into the Songbook snare that swallowed up Rod Stewart. After all, McCartney, who turns 70 this year, has already paid tribute to the music he grew up hearing his father play [...]
I've been having some car issues for the past two weeks. It's cost me a lot of money. A lot of money. I've had to dip pretty deep into my savings to afford the care it desperately needs. What's more, I got hit with a huge medical bill I thought was taken care of months [...]
To observe Sam Cooke's birthday - Cooke would have turned 81 today - we're introducing a new feature here at Pop Culture Has AIDS. Three-Minute Records will look back on the greatest songs in pop music history, inspired by the ... Continue reading
To observe Sam Cooke's birthday - Cooke would have turned 81 today - we're introducing a new feature here at Pop Culture Has AIDS. Three-Minute Records will look back on the greatest songs in pop music history, inspired by the ... Continue reading
A classic song sung by so many great singers to this day. Rest in peace to Sam Cooke and here's Al Green's version - packed so full of emotion. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Nua5k lb4Os Sends shivers down the spine.
The lockout may be drawing to a close but part of me hates to see the great, "lemons to lemonade" work done by Wieden + Kennedy go to waste. Directed [...]
Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears On Sunday, Kilter wrote a post about being blue and what he does to get out of his funk. He does what I do. Well, I like to add booze to the the mix, but to each his own. When we are bummed out, we turn to music. I'm guessing you do the same, since you are spending your time reading a music blog instead of working/getting off couch/exercising. True to the music nerd he is, Kilter cranks up the Blues to [...]
Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears On Sunday, Kilter wrote a post about being blue and what he does to get out of his funk. He does what I do. Well, I like to add booze to the the mix, but to each his own. When we are bummed out, we turn to music. I'm guessing you do the same, since you are spending your time reading a music blog instead of working/getting off couch/exercising. True to the music nerd he is, Kilter cranks up the Blues to [...]
For all those early morning hours when you’re in need of some appropriate musical accompaniment, here’s a playlist designed specifically for the nighttime: The Midnight Mixtape . Late night drives, long walks home, and/or bouts of insomnia should all set the stage for this collection well. Check it out tonight. download the zip . tracklist: 1) Youth Lagoon - 17 2) Machine Birds - Time 3) Young Man - Nothing 4) Houses - Soak It Up 5) Sampha - Indecision [...]
(Out now on Concord/Stax Remasters ) “The Philosopher of Soul,” Arkansas-born Taylor was an early disciple of Sam Cooke, taking over Sam’s part in the renowned gospel group the Soul Stirrers before landing up at Stax-Volt in the mid-Sixties. The next-to-last of Taylor’s LPs for Stax, this 1973 swank up Soul Street is, along with Big Star’s three-album output and a few Rufus Thomas and Shirley Brown singles, among the label’s last notable recordings before the Memphis powerhouse folded in 1975. The wiseass persona Taylor displays on “Cheaper to Keep Her” exhibits only one [...]
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"It's such a small world: you're always a gig or a person away from something really cool," Judith Hill tells me, as she prepares to leave for South Africa the next day for a tour with Avon Cosmetics . That is a minor understatement, if I ever heard one. The "gig" this powerhouse vocalist is referring to happened to be the female lead in Michael Jackson 's back up for his This Is It tour. While any number of contemporary artists would be quick to include MJ in their list of influences, [...]
California dream pop band Tashaki Miyaki cover an all-time favorite song by an all-time favorite artist, Sam Cooke's "Nothing Can Change This Love". Tashaki Miyaki - Nothing Can Change This Love (Sam Cooke) Tashaki Miyaki ( Bandcamp ) Rating 8.0
Niche Productions & Nathan Farrell Entertainment presents Syl Johnson Backed by The Bamboos Saturday 3rd September – The Basement - Sydney Tickets: www.moshtix.com.au/event.aspx? id=48893&ref=RSS_&skin= & www.thebasement.com.au – on sale now Mississippi-born, Syl Johnson is bringing the funk to Australia when he hits shores this September. Backed by Australia’s greatest modern funk and soul band The Bamboos, Syl will be showing what R&B really is when he tackles all of his greatest hits on his East Coast tour. “A criminally unheralded stylist of urban funk [...]
We caught Steel Train performing live in Ventura, CA as part of their recent North American tour with Jack's Mannequin. After the show we caught up with bassist Evan Winkler to discuss Baseball, historic venues and a lot of Girls... the band. Cougar Microbes: What time did you wake up today? Was it out of [...]
Otis didn't just cover a song he reinterpreted it to bring his own style to the original and we have this Sam Cooke classic to prove it.
Download: Loungin with Lanie Lane Lanie Lane. If you don't know, you definitely will soon. Her music is a mix of blues, country, rockabilly, soul and folk, and the few tracks she has available have left me in anticipation of her album being released in October. She swung by the studio for some light conversation and a live performance. Playlist: The Valentinos - Sweeter Than the Day Before Etta James - Seven Day Fool Nina Simone - It Be's That Way Sometime Otis Redding - [...]
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