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(Anti-)On poignant yet defiant recordings made in 2011 shortly before Helm’s death, Staples’ commanding vocals give enormous vibrancy to blues, folk and soul standardsIn the early noughties, Levon Helm began hosting live shows he called Midnight Rambles in a studio at his home in Woodstock, NY. It was a … Read entire story.
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The jazz guitar great remains in awe of Etta James, Nat King Cole and Mario Lanza, but what’s the disco classic he’d recommend to get a party started?The first single I ever boughtThe first one I remember buying was Love Is Strange by Sylvia Robinson, when she was part … Read entire story.
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She became one of the biggest singers in the world after her performances at the London Olympics. She is now back with a celebratory new album and reflects on identity, fame and happinessI remember, as everyone does, Emeli Sandé performing at the opening ceremony of the 2012 Olympics. She sang Abide … Read entire story.
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He wrote the music for Scott-Heron’s astonishing streams of social consciousness – and then his royalties got cut off. The jazz-funk artist explains why he focused on a comeback instead of lawsuits“Hands up who thinks Gil Scott-Heron was one of the 20th century’s greatest poets?” Brian … Read entire story.
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Saxophonist, singer and bandleader whose fusions of highlife and American styles helped transform Nigerian musicThe bandleader, songwriter, singer, saxophonist and keyboard player Orlando Julius, who has died aged 78, helped to transform the Nigerian music scene in the 1960s with highly commercial, ground-breaking fusions that influenced Fela Kuti’s Afrobeat.He … Read entire story.
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