Most of the rock and roll from Little Richard's early career is collected here on three discs, including all the big hits.
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Music Review: Paul Doffing – ‘Songs from the (quaking) Heart’
‘Songs from the (quaking) Heart’ is a three act play with a grand finale.
Read More »Music Review: Sonia Wieder Atherton – ‘Little Girl Blue: From Nina Simone’
Close your eyes and Atherton’s cello embodies not one, but the many voices of the unique singer.
Read More »Music Review: Rooftop Revolutionaries – ‘White’ EP
On 'White,' by the Rooftop Revolutionaries, lead singer Eleanor Goldfield provides wailing, throat-ripping vocals. Imagine a hybrid of Joan Jett and Patty Smyth pumped up on performance enhancing substances.
Read More »Music Review: Steve Benjamins – ‘Sightlines’ EP
The six tracks on ‘Sightlines’ range from downtempo pop to dance/house-flavoured.
Read More »Music Reviews: Jazz Singers Times Four – Rebecca DuMaine, Michael Dees, Steve Cromity, Joanna Wallfisch
New albums from contemporary jazz singers with varying agendas.
Read More »2Cellos Interview and ‘Celloverse’ Giveaway: Stjepan Hauser of 2Cellos Answers Our Questions, and You Can Win a Signed Copy of Their Latest CD
'We had this big desire to attract a wider audience, and make young people interested in the instrument and great music in general.'
Read More »Concert-Theater Review: ‘L’Amfiparnaso,’ a Madrigal Comedy from 1594 by Orazio Vecchi Performed by The Western Wind
Voices simulate the ringing of bells and the knocking-on of doors as effectively as they convey the desperation of foiled lovers, the comic scheming of the servant class, and the self-satisfied prancing of the smug.
Read More »Music Review: Mark Weinstein – ‘In Jerusalem’
Music is music, and in the hands of the right musician any and all music is ripe for creative renewal.
Read More »Music Reviews: Jazz for the Jazz-Shy from John Tropea, Pat Bianchi Trio, and the Gary McFarland Legacy Ensemble
Gary McFarland, the jazz musician, composer and arranger who 'should have been a pop star,' left behind and eclectic discography and a wealth of superb material that deserves just such a tribute as this.
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