Easter is coming, so it seems righteous to post the first in a series of great Christian music that, I hope, will lift the spirits of the believer, and make those who don't believe wish they would, if even for the duration of a song. This mix comprises gospel, soul, blues, funk and country, stretching from the late 1920s to the early 1970s. Some of the featured artists will be better known in other genres, some of them got their start in gospel music. Among them is Sly Stone , who as Sylvester Stewart was a child [...]
Founded in Houston in 1948, ACA Recording Studios was first known for its R&B recordings, a place where Johnny Ace and Lightnin' Hopkins cut a number of their sides along side lesser known artists who appeared on the Peacock and Duke labels. Within 10 years, Ray Doggett, Royce Porter and assorted country and rockabilly artists began to cut their records on ACA's Ampex mono recorder. The studio's founder, Bill Holford, continued to work into his seventies, mastering records on a home four-track long after ACA closed. Here's a sampling of some of the artists who recorded [...]
Linkage: American Foundation For The Blind Lighthouse For The Blind Helen Keller Foundation For Research & Education Bookage: John Varley - The Persistence Of Vision Toonage: [...]
Adios: Omar, McNulty, Stringer Bell, Bunk, Cutty, Marlo Stanfield, Bubbles, Carver, Bodie, Avon Barksdale, Wee-Bey, Rhonda, Duke, Michael, Mr. Prezbo, Lester Freemon, Kima Greggs, Herc, Cedric Daniels, Waylon, Rawls, Burrell, Jay Landsman, Beadie, The Greek, Nick Sobotka, Frank Sobatka, D'Angelo Barksdale, Proposition Joe, Michael Lee, Tommy Carcetti, Randy, Namond, "Bunny" Colvin, Ziggy Sobotka, Chris Partlow, [...]
Tom Waits & Kronos Quartet ∞ Way Down In The Hole (live) Asylum Street Spankers ∞ Way Down In The Hole (live) The Five Blind Boys of Alabama ∞ Way Down In The Hole Steve Earle ∞ Way Down In The Hole Mike Babyak's Triple Fret ∞ Way Down In The Hole (live) Which version do you prefer? or did I leave about your favorite? Leave a hullabaloo. More: [...]
En ce début d'année, pas de bonnes résolutions, pas de bilans, pas de statistiques, pas d'élections du meilleur disque, rien de tout cela. Il y a plus important.... Dimanche soir, l'œuvre télévisuelle la plus aboutie à ce jour, la plus exaltante va reprendre, pour une 5ème et ultime saison. Ce chef d'œuvre, c'est celui de David Simon et de HBO, la série : The Wire ("Sur Ecoute"). Pour ceux qui
Friends will attest to the fact that the past few months have found me neck deep in all things related to the HBO serial drama The Wire . For those not familiar, the show is a fascinating take on the overtones an undertones of life and the inner workings of the modern American city (Baltimore, Maryland). Far from pretty the show has, over the course of four seasons, tied together complicated plot lines more akin to literature than television. This show ain't checkers, [...]
Any Major Dude With Half A Heart
Fusion 45
Bleedin Out
An Aquarium Drunkard
The Late Greats
la case de l'affreux thom
The orchestra is dreaming
American Idol Finalists: where are they now?
