On This Day
Louis Armstrong: The Boy From Back O’ Town’s Birthday
Louis Armstrong’s birthday has been the source of much confusion over the years.
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Features6 days ago‘Land Of 1,000 Dances’: A Merry Dance From Wilson Pickett To Many More
A soulful trip to 'Land Of 1,000 Dances,' courtesy of Wilson Pickett and many others.
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Features6 days agoBrenda Lee’s ‘Jambalaya’: Little Miss Dynamite Debuts On The Bayou
The 11-year-old Little Miss Dynamite hit the scene in July 1956 with a cover of 'Jambalaya.'
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Features6 days ago
Buddy’s Blues: The Best Songs By Enduring Bluesmaster Buddy Guy
In salute to a blues great, multiple Grammy winner and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee.
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Features7 days ago
Classics Of The Progressive Pantheon: The Best Songs By Rush
A stroll through the peerless catalog of Rush reveals a mighty inventory of tracks that fans have helped to make immortal.
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Features7 days ago
Inca Records: A History Of The Puerto Rican Salsa Label
The launching pad for luminaries such as Tommy Olivencia, Willie Rosario, and La Sonora Ponceña, Inca Records brought a distinctly Puerto Rican sound to salsa.
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Features7 days ago
‘Syreeta’: Stevie Wonder Produces Distinguished Debut For His First Wife
The pair had already written hits for Stevie and others when he oversaw her first album for Motown's MoWest label.
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Features7 days ago
First Spoonful: Cream’s Live Debut, In The Home Of Northern Soul
The band's first performance was not, as often reported, at the National Jazz & Blues Festival in Windsor, but two days earlier in a famous north of England club.
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Features7 days ago
‘Live At The Cimarron Ballroom’: Patsy Cline Tells Fans How She Nearly Died
The 1961 recording is gripping, and not just because of Patsy's stellar vocals and undoubted star quality.
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Features1 week ago
‘Blues Walk’: How Lou Donaldson Strode Towards Soul Jazz
‘Blues Walk’ helped to kick-start the soul-jazz movement of the 60s and remains the go-to album in saxophonist Lou Donaldson’s canon.
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Features1 week ago
Now’s The Time To Celebrate The Genius Of Charlie Parker
The Genius Of Charlie Parker was no overstatement. An expanded reissue of an original 1953 album offered an insight into Bird’s recording techniques.
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Features1 week ago
Art For Art’s Sake: How 10cc Infiltrated 70s Pop
Restlessly inventive, 10cc set about creating some of the most inventive pop of the 70s – a fascinating period covered in their Before During After box set.
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Features1 week ago
‘Bang Bang’: Jessie J, Ariana Grande And Nicki Minaj’s Powerhouse Anthem
When Jessie J, Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj joined forces on the powerhouse anthem “Bang Bang,” they proved three divas are better than one.
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Features1 week ago
‘What’s The 411?’: When Hip-Hop And R&B Collided On Mary J. Blige’s Debut
‘What’s The 411?’ introduced to the world a fusion of R&B hooks and hip-hop beats.
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Features1 week ago
‘Down To Earth’: How Rainbow Launched Into The Stratosphere
Containing the belting ‘Since You Been Gone’, Rainbow’s ‘Down To Earth’ album was a muscular, radio-friendly classic from the Ritchie Blackmore-led band.
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Behind The Albums1 week ago
‘Lifes Rich Pageant’: How R.E.M. Banked A Classic
‘Lifes Rich Pagent’ was a watershed album for R.E.M. on which Michael Stipe gained in confidence as a frontman and began to clearly enunciate his lyrics.
