Monthly Archives: March 2023

Bettye LaVette To Duet With Steve Winwood

March 21, 2023

Even in our age of occasional revitalizing of old glories soul divas rarely make impressive comebacks, yet that’s exactly what the great Bettye LaVette has been doing at least in the last five years, since the singer started working with … Continue reading →

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MUTTER SLATER BAND Circle Back To STACKRIDGE Conceptuality

March 20, 2023

What was good about and what’s good about this ensemble’s alumni project is unpredictable turns of their efforts to which the recent pandemic added more quirkiness. So while THE KORGIS went out the other end of Covid-related craze with where … Continue reading →

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Rhoda Dakar Runs For Covers On Singles-Dominated Album

March 19, 2023

A prominent two-tone scenester, Rhoda Dakar is most famous for fronting THE BODYSNATCHERS, backing THE SPECIALS, fronting THE SPECIAL AKA and being a prominent feminist figure on the English ska and new wave landscape of the ’80s, yet the singer’s … Continue reading →

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ARTHUR ADAMS – Kick Up Some Dust

March 18, 2023

Cleopatra Blues 2023 Venerated Los Angeleno serves up sweet strife to ruffle a few feathers and smooth a few riffs. Almost octogenarian now, Arthur Adams might have been a fixture on the American roots scene for longer than six decades, … Continue reading →

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Toyah To Bring Out The Audio Of Her Drury Lane Concert

March 17, 2023

Even though, in the eyes of the uninitiated, Toyah‘s latter-day endeavors may seem to suggest she’s content to be cavorting in the kitchen with her spouse, the singer’s histrionic performances have always been much more than such domestic scenes. It’s … Continue reading →

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