There’s a lot to like about Chimes of Freedom – the Amnesty International benefit album with more than 70 covers of Bob Dylan songs. Its sprawl means that artists have to reach deep into his catalog, so Adele’s version of “Make You Feel My Love” is fresh because she reinvents it as a soulful piano [...]
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Madonna: From Super Bowl to New Orleans
February 7, 2012 – 11:34 am
“It was curiously flat.” What halftime show was music industry critic Bob Lefsetz watching? For those who wanted to see guys stand there and churn away on guitars, there wasn’t much there for you, but it was so relentlessly over the top that it was hard not to be entertained. Gladiators? Check. Thor’s helmet? Check. [...]
YouTube du Jour: Planet D Nonet
February 6, 2012 – 11:34 am
Detroit’s Planet D Nonet are in town tonight and tomorrow night, performing the music of Sun Ra, whose music they recorded on the recent We Travel the Spaceways: the Music of Sun Ra. The group aren’t simply avant-garde fans; they see the connections between big-band conceptualists across the spectrum, including Duke Ellington and and Fletcher [...]
YouTube du Jour: Blowfly
February 3, 2012 – 12:43 pm
R&B producer Clarence Reid is responsible for much of the great soul tracks out of Miami including Betty Wright’s “Clean Up Woman,” but he’s better known by his alter ego, the foul-mouthed Blowfly. In a mask, cape and superhero shirt, he still has the superpower to talk about sex in the most outrageous terms after [...]
YouTube du Jour: Ike Stubblefield
February 2, 2012 – 9:40 am
Hammond B3 player Ike Stubblefield got his start as part of the Motown Revue in 1968, and he has spent his career since playing with a musical who’s who on the road or in the studio. Recently, he was in town to play organ on Ruthie Foster‘s Let It Burn (recorded at Piety Street Studios), [...]
YouTube du Jour: O. Perry Walker Marching Band
January 30, 2012 – 11:48 am
Our new issue hits the streets today with the O. Perry Walker Marching Band on the cover. Zachary Young’s cover story talks about what goes into getting ready for Mardi Gras, and here’s footage of them performing “What’s on Your Mind” by Information Society during last year’s Carnival.
Glen David Andrews on Fox 8 News at Noon: Video
January 27, 2012 – 3:49 pm
There’s been a lot of Best of the Beat action in the Fox 8 TV studios today. Lifetime Achievement in Music Award honoree George Porter, Jr. (performing at 10:30 p.m. tonight) went on Fox 8 Morning News with OffBeat publisher Jan Ramsey, followed by the Soul Rebels (performing at 7:15 tonight), who played their cover [...]
The Soul Rebels on Fox 8 Morning News: Video
January 27, 2012 – 3:32 pm
The Soul Rebels, who perform at the Best of the Beat tonight in the Back/Awards Room at 7:15, also went on Fox 8 Morning News this morning, following George Porter, Jr. and OffBeat publisher Jan Ramsey. They talked about opening for Metallica in San Francisco, their CD release party for Unlock Your Mind at Tipitina’s [...]
