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Chris Holmes
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A look at "Fortune Teller," the 1962 R&B B-side from Benny Spellman that became a rock cover
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A look at the clever cover for the first truly classic Stevie Wonder album from the 1970s, Where I'm Coming
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Millie Jackson, gave the world one of the worst album covers ever with "Back to the S__t!" That about sums up the music
Posted in Capsules, Featured Posts, History
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In honor of the late Don Cornelius, here's a Soul Train spotlight piece from the September 28, 1974 issue of Billboard
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The usual disclaimers about my year-end music lists still apply. I’m only one man and only have so much time to listen to new albums. So even if I hear an album and it’s really good, if
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“Why the hell should I like… ?” is an experiment of sorts between Popblerd and The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit. What we’re going to attempt to do is to pick 10 songs from our favorite
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Let's add a dash of funk to the usual Sunday Jazz proceedings with one of the best songs from Herbie Hancock's Fat Albert Rotunda - "Wiggle
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Here's a concert Amy Winehouse fans will want to hear. It features the late British singer performing live in Berlin, Germany in
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As most of the United States fries from this latest heat wave, let's listen to a song that references heat. That will make us feel