Dr. John (1941-2019)
No matter where he was, or when it was, for the late Dr. John, it was always Mardi Gras in New Orleans. A tribute.
We Can Make It If We Try: Bill Withers’ Top 10 Songs
He worked in an airplane factory as his biggest hit moved up the charts which explains why Bill Withers never lost that sense of “working man blues.”
Aretha’s Roots: The Gospel and Jazz Years
If the Queen of Soul had stuck with either jazz or gospel, she could easily have become a sovereign of those music genres too.
The Timeless Charms of “Otis Blue”
Otis Redding’s voice conveys both pain and hope on this seminal album which never gets old.
