normblog (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
Roland Dodds was born in Brawley, California. He is currently a graduate student focusing on international politics at the University of Edinburgh, but was previously a teacher in California and Korea. He once fancied himself a musician and toured around...
andPOP.com News (Free subscription) | yesterday
Recordings by the Beach Boys, Bob Marley, Janis Joplin, James Brown and the Doors are among the songs that have been named as the 2010 inductees to the Grammy Hall of Fame, reports rollingstone.com. Twenty-five recordings from various genres will be added to the Hall, which currently includes 851 songs altogether. Songs are eligible 25 years after [...]
The KEXP Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Every week KEXP brings you a musical subject in the time it takes to play just one song. We call these stories KEXP Documentaries. They’re a mix of interviews, storytelling and music. The current series “Civil Rights Songs” is by far the most difficult subject I’ve ever researched. The crimes done to African-Americans during [...]
LondonJazz (Free subscription) | yesterday
Christine Tobin (Pizza Express Dean Street, London Jazz Festival, November 21st 2009, review by Georgia Mancio) Christine Tobin mesmerises from the moment she steps on stage. Resplendent in a sparkling green top, warm and witty, she thanked a packed Pizza Express for venturing out on a rainy Saturday night to catch her London Jazz Festival set. On Saturday, X Factor night, Christine showed how far...
The Smoking Section (Free subscription) | yesterday
They Say (get it') this soulful gem was meant for Finding Forever (a.k.a. Common’s 2nd best album–yeah I said it before.) I say they most likely didn’t get to clear the Billie Holiday sample. Either way, with Common, ‘Ye and John Legend planting seeds on the same track = a ripe and blooming orchard [...]
JazzHQ (Free subscription) | yesterday
Albert Ayler - Greenich Village (Universal Japan/Zoom ) Amanda Martinez - Amor (Phantom ) Anita O'Day - Sings Winners (Universal ) Anita Spring - Let Them Talk (Phantom ) Art Blakey - Jazz Message (Universal ) Art Sherrod Jr. - Seasons (Pacific Coast Jazz ) Benny Carter - Further Definitions (Universal Japan/Zoom ) Bernie McGann - Solar (Indies Aus/Zoom ) Bill Evans - With Symphony Orchestra (Universal...
Rock and Roll Daily (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
Photo: Wyman/WireImage.com; Walter/WireImage.com Recordings by the Beach Boys, Bob Marley, the Doors, James Brown and Janis Joplin have been named as 2010 inductees to the Grammy Hall of Fame. Twenty-five recordings from a variety of genres will be added to the Grammy Hall, which currently includes 851 titles altogether (songs are eligible 25 years after release [...]
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
Opal Mann Opal Mann, an accomplished jazz musician who played piano in Sacramento nightclubs, accompanied African American church choirs and backed Billie Holiday on stage, died Friday at age 84. She died of cancer, said her daughter, Mellissa Truitt. For many music lovers, Mrs. Mann was a bridge to the golden age of African American jazz clubs downtown. She played piano in bands at the Momo Club...
Scotsman.com Living - Books (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
QUEEN'S HALL, EDINBURGH ****
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
Music News: Satchmo tunes jazz up 2010 roster -- The Recording Academy announced 25 additions to its Grammy Hall of Fame on Tuesday, adding to a roster of timeless tunes that now includes 851 titles.
Phawker (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
[Artwork by ALEX FINE] BY JONATHAN VALANIA It all started, for me anyway, at Brooke Sietinsons‘ walk-up loft/hobbit hole on Second Street, somewhere in that OK Corral-esque strip between the Standard Tap and the 700 Club. Even though she no longer lives there, the exact location will have to remain a secret because, technically speaking, L&I [...]
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
Inner City Records proudly presents "Billie Remembered," the newest album from jazz vocalist Stephanie Nakasian. "From my earliest years listening to jazz... I'd often wondered if it would be possible to recreate Billie's first and finest recordings. It wasn't until 2009 that I encountered a singer equal to the task," says Irv Kratka, president of Inner City. Nakasian turned out...
Stumbling and Mumbling (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
Here are three new papers on happiness research. First, German research finds that there’s a strong day of the week effect upon happiness. People are much less happy on Sundays than other days; they side with Billie Holiday rather than...
Infidel Bloggers Alliance (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
Billie Holiday One For My Baby
Zero G Sound (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
. They called Atlantic Records "the house that Ruth built" during the 1950s, and they weren't referring to the Sultan of Swat. Ruth Brown's regal hitmaking reign from 1949 to the close of the '50s helped tremendously to establish the New York label's predominance in the R&B field. Later, the business all but forgot her — she was forced to toil as domestic help for a time —...
Videos