When Earth, Wind & Fire substituted for Aretha Franklin at Jazz Fest this year, the audience likely traded up, whether it realized it or not. Aretha today is not Aretha in her prime, and though EWF isn’t either, it’s a lot closer. Founder Maurice White no longer performs with the band because he suffers from [...]
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Earth, Wind and Fire Among Names Added to Essence Lineup
February 11, 2010 – 12:20 pm
Mary J. Blige has already been announced at the headliner and spokesperson for the Essence Music Festival, which takes place July 2, 3 and 4 at the Louisiana Superdome. Today Earth, Wind and Fire was added to the schedule along with Gladys Knight, Keri Hilson, Jill Scott, Raphael Saadiq, Charlie Wilson, De La Soul, Chrisette Michele, [...]
Sean and Secrets
October 1, 2009 – 12:01 am
In the world of zydeco, being able to trace one’s lineage to Amédé and Bois Sec Ardoin is a little like having relatives in Windsor Castle while you keep an address in the shire. The old timers watched the precocious boy drumming at age four. It had to be in their minds that this one [...]
