'Baba Mo Tunde' - King Sunny Ade's musical salvation
King Sunny Ade – Baba Mo Tunde
Review by Doug Heselgrave
The artist once called ‘the Bob Marley of Africa’ shakes off his past, records a comeback and turns in one of the greatest ‘world music’ albums of the decade
The music world owes an inestimable debt to artists like Nigeria’
Songs to Sooth the Heart and Raise the Spirit: Azure Ray return with "Drawing Down the Moon"
Reprinted with permission from The Varsity
The girls are back: after a six year hiatus, Saddle-Creek Records’ beloved alternative rock duo, Azure Ray, return to the scene. With their fourth album, Drawing Down the Moon, Maria Taylor and Orenda Fink have just as much heartache and raw emotion to share,
Review: "West Coast Seattle Boy: The Jimi Hendrix Anthology"
Very few artists have recorded as much worthwhile material in as short a time period as Jimi Hendrix. Beginning his solo career in 1966, by the time of his death in in September 1970 Hendrix had already released four albums that can only be described as classics and had wowed
Review: Albert King with Stevie Ray Vaughan - In Session (Stax, 2010)
Albert King with Stevie Ray Vaughan - In Session (Stax, 2010)
This 1983 live performance summit meeting between a legend and a soon-to-be legend has been reissued a few times on CD, including a hybrid SACD in 2003 and a remastered CD edition in July 2010. This latest version augments
Review: Treme- Music from the HBO Original Series, Season 1
I don't watch much television. As long as I have MSNBC, ESPN, TCM, and TV Land, I am satisfied. I can't tell you who won American Idol or Dancing with the Stars this season and I have only a very basic idea of what Glee is.
10 Death Ballads for All Hallow's Eve
Halloween is now upon us. As you're digging through your record collection or shopping online to find appropriate tunes for your All Hallow's Eve party, you needn't look beyond a couple of genres: bluegrass and traditional country. Sure, one can find hokey pop songs