"The singer and songwriter with a silky-smooth voice has written a memoir with Paul Reiser that recounts his story of pain and redemption with dashes of humor."
Every morning I wake up with some random song stuck in my head. There's no greater proof of this than spending all day yesterday listening to post punk and shoegaze artists and then waking up today with Rupert Holmes stuck in my head.
One of my 3 favorite #jazz albums to get my Thursday morning started.
A hauntingly beautiful record.
My 14 yr old has just started to appreciate certain kinds of jazz music, and Cirrus was one of the records that did it for him. Like his father, he isn’t totally wild about the genre, but knows the kind he likes when he hears it.
Watch the documentary below, as it’s really worth the time you’ll spend on the Soul Train phenomenon and the story of this “Godfather” of black music, Donald Cortez “Don” Cornelius (Sept 27 1936 – Feb 1, 2012). Soul Train was one of the most important trend setters in pop music and dance during its run […] …
"Though 1974 remains one of the, on paper, weaker years of its decade, it still was able to provide some of the very greatest records of its time and era."
This music video makes me so happy. Look how much fun they're having. Especially the guy dancing around the stage doing air guitar/playing the tambourine. Also the lead singer moving from instrument to instrument like a human whirlwind. Amazing. Fun song to sing, too. I love it.
Osibisa is a British Afro-pop band, founded by Teddy Osei in London in 1969 by four expatriate African (Ghana) and three Caribbean musicians. Osibisa were one of the first African bands to become widely popular, leading to claims of founding World Music. I discovered Osibisa when I was a teen, and this band is the […] …
Compilation “Afro Baby – The Evolution of the Afro-Sound in Nigeria 1970-1979”
Nigeria in the 1970s had one of the biggest recording industries on the continent as well as one of the most diverse. The fusion of African rhythms and culture with jazz, funk, soul and rock was an Africa wide phenomenon but nowhere was […]
I'm surprised at how modern this 70s band sounds. Wouldn't take much to make it fit any current prog metal album today. Also their logo is an #ambigram. #progrock#progmetal#music#70s#70smusic
Jonas Gwangwa (1937 – 2021) was a genius trombone player from Soweto, South Africa. That’s him in the middle between 2 other South African geniuses, the late Hugh Masekela on the left, and Caiphus Semenya (born 1939), on the right, for their band Union of South Africa. The album, released in May 1971, […]
A côté des stars américaines qui ont fait le show à Zaire 74, il y avait aussi de nombreux groupes et artistes africains, dont congolais pour ce grand concert ou festival, aussi connu sous le nom “Soul Power” d’après le documentaire diffusé en 2009. […]