Tag Archive | R&B
Review: Maria Muldaur, Steady Love
Steady Love is an ass-kicking evening at the roadhouse with a surprisingly successful collection of blues numbers that border at times on R&B.
Feature Review: Stew & the Negro Problem, Making It
Stew & the Negro Problem Making It [Tight Natural Productions (2011)] For nearly 15 years, singer-songwriter Stew and bassist/arranger/composer Heidi Rodewald were a couple as well as musical partners in two groups—the Negro Problem and Stew. After the pair’s successful collaboration on the Tony winning musical Passing Strange, their personal relationship started to unravel, and [...]
Feature Review: JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound, Want More
JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound Want More [Bloodshot Records (2011)] Classic, soulful R&B is undergoing, if not a full-on ressurgence, at least an reawakening, with singers like Rafael Saadiq leading the way in the U.S., and Britain providing a slew of singers like Adele to park themselves at the top of the charts. JC Brooks [...]
Feature Review: Stax Remasters of The Dramatics, Rufus Thomas, and Shirley Brown
The Dramatics Whatcha See is What You Get Rufus Thomas Do the Funky Chicken Shirley Brown Woman to Woman [Stax Re-Masters/Concord Music Group (2011)] Originally known as the Dynamics, the Dramatics (Ron Banks, Larry “Squirrel” Demps, Willie Ford, Lenny Mayes, and L.J. Reynolds, William “Wee Gee” Howard, and Elbert Wilken) were brought to the attention [...]
Feature Review: Anthologie des Musiques du Monde de Dance, Volume 1: Europe et Amérique du Nord
Various Artists Anthologie des Musiques du Monde de Dance, Volume 1: Europe et Amérique du Nord [Frémeaux and Associés (2011)] With this 10 CD box, Frémeaux and Associés attempt nothing less than an audio survey of dance musics of North America and Europe from the first 60 years of the 20th century. In what must [...]
Review: Marti Brom, Not For Nothin; and Ella Mae Morse, Rocks
Marti Brom Not For Nothin [Goofin’/Ripsaw Records (2010)] Marti Brom’s latest album is meant as a tribute to the musical legacy of DC. Those familiar with the area will be aware that the Washington area, which encompasses Maryland and Virginia, has long had a strong roots music scene, and Brom is one of its luminaries. [...]
