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The singer’s often overlooked debut album featured a song that finally got the attention it deserved thanks to a little help from Joplin.
Keb’ Mo’ has been making music for more than half a century, but he still approaches a song like there is something left to figure out.
Mahalia Barnes has been in and around music her entire life. She grew up listening to everything from Ray Charles, Otis Redding and Ike & Tina Turner to Aretha Franklin, Donny Hathaway and Stevie Wonder, shaping her into the powerhouse soul and blues vocalist that has jaws dropping every time she picks up a microphone.
Word on the street is that rom-coms are back. Original films like Voicemails for Isabelle and book adaptations like People We Meet On Vacation and The Love Hypothesis have been flooding the streaming platforms as of late.
Rosenwinkel introduces three songs from the forthcoming COVER ZONE album in Austin before joining Eric Clapton and John McLaughlin for “Stormy Monday” and “Cocaine,” and returning for the festival-closing encore.
Back when record labels and radio largely determined what audiences heard, commercial potential often dictated which artists got to make records.
"Angry’s gone to the Big Gig upstairs but I bet he’ll be listening," Jimmy Barnes wrote.
Johannesburg (AFP) – Five-time Grammy Award winner and newly cemented Hollywood Walk of Fame honouree Angelique Kidjo called Tuesday for Africans to set aside their differences and "create together".
Forty-nine years ago today, Steely Dan released the album that pushed Walter Becker and Donald Fagen’s studio obsession close to its limit.
Returning festival veterans include Joe Bonamassa, Gary Clark Jr., Billy Gibbons, Buddy Guy, Marcus King, Sonny Landreth, Taj Mahal, John Mayer, Del McCoury Band, John McLaughlin, Tedeschi Trucks Band, and Jimmie Vaughan. Making their Crossroads debuts are Trey Anastasio, Tommy Emmanuel, and Julian Lage. As in previous festivals, Eric will perform both nights.
Sideman to the stars Carl Carlton recalls one particularly difficult studio session, and how Palmer’s confidence in him eventually helped him nail the track