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Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 18/11/2008
Sweeties, soulsters and some Philly jazz talents lead the CD release parade today. Pinch Me: Unlike some semi-detached music reviewers, I'll just come right out and admit it - I've got a crush on Taylor Swift, the teen darlin' delivering her sophomore set in "Fearless" (Big Machine Records, B+) fashion. A native of Mechanicsbu
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The Allmusic Blog (Free subscription) | 13/11/2008
Whether your idea of soul music is Wilson Pickett and Eddie Floyd or Amy Winehouse and Mark Ronson, you’d better do yourself a favor and get hip to the power of David Brinston, a.k.a. the Love Maker. A part of the underground soul circuit kept alive by labels like Malaco and Ecko, and artists like [...]
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NewMexiKen (Free subscription) | 12/11/2008
Elizabeth Cady Stanton was born on this date in 1815. Today is also the birthday … of Wallace Shawn. The actor-playwright is 65. Inconceivable! He’s the son of the former New Yorker editor William Shawn, and he’s become well known as a character actor in Hollywood movies such as The Princess Bride (1987) and Clueless (1995). [...]
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StarTribune.com (Free subscription) | 03/11/2008
Calendar of events for Mon, Nov 3Calendar of events for Tue, Nov 4Calendar of events for Wed, Nov 5Calendar of events for Thu, Nov 6Calendar of events for Fri, Nov 7 | Who knew a kid with a laptop could be so entertaining? Pittsburgh mash-up prince Girl Talk (Gregg Gillis, 27) put on two action-packed, dizzying shows/melees in town last year. He then went to work on his truly appetizing follow-up,...
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Screenhead (Free subscription) | 19/10/2008
I listened to the Soul Men soundtrackCD yesterday and it’s worth a listen – I loved it. What poignant moment I had when I heard late legend Isaac Hayes’ original recording of Stax Records “Never Say Goodbye.” I’d say ”Goodbye” is the best song on the soundtrack. As a whole the Soul Mensoundtrack is authentic soul music and [...]
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Electroqueer (Free subscription) | 15/10/2008
It seems Seal is turning to soul music now. Seal will release a new covers album called "Soul" on November 11th and you can listen to the first single "A Change Is Gonna Come" right here. Very interesting news actually....
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The Allmusic Blog (Free subscription) | 26/09/2008
It used to be that a list of albums offered up in December or January could paint a definitive, or at least representative, picture of The Year in Music. While that annual list is still a great way to say goodbye to the past year’s music and hello to what is to come, nowadays so many new albums and reissues vie for listeners that even a list of the best music from the past six months can seem quaintly...
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The Allmusic Blog (Free subscription) | 26/09/2008
It used to be that a list of albums offered up in December or January could paint a definitive, or at least representative, picture of The Year in Music. While that annual list is still a great way to say goodbye to the past year’s music and hello to what is to come, nowadays so many new albums and reissues vie for listeners that even a list of the best music from the past six months can seem quaintly...
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Entertainment - The Post Chronicle (Free subscription) | 19/08/2008
Among the hundreds of people who attended Hayes' funeral Monday in Memphis, Tenn., were his longtime songwriting partner David Porter;...
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PopMatters Music (Free subscription) | 18/08/2008
Stax songwriting and recording legend returns with a batch of classics and unheard gems.
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Billboard (Free subscription) | 15/08/2008
Music industry legend Jerry Wexler, who kick-started his career as a Billboard journalist in the late 1940s and went on to cultivate the careers of Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin and Led Zeppelin while a partner at Atlantic Records, has died at the age of 91 at his home in Siesta Key, Fla.
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Variety.com (Free subscription) | 11/08/2008
Music News: Isaac Hayes' legacy embraced in new music -- Sunday's death of Isaac Hayes comes at a time when the soul music he created in the 1960s is enjoying a bit of a revival, not just through historical releases but in the creation of new music.
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Cave 17 (Free subscription) | 11/08/2008
Here is a list of my favorite records released in 2008, in no kind of rough order. This list will change massively by the end of the year and I will probably have forgotten about five or twenty, so don’t shoot me. Let this serve as a general template of awesomeness; please complain mightily in [...]
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Kevin Nottingham: This Is Hip Hop (Free subscription) | 11/08/2008
Two legends in one weekend… this is heartbreaking. Soul legend Isaac Hayes passed away today at the age of 65 from an apparent heart attack. Hayes was one of the main creative forces behind southern soul music label Stax Records, where he served as both an in-house songwriter and producer with partner David Porter during the [...]
