Music
Ben E. King, Shades of Blue (Half Note Records)
This was Ben’s idea. And it looks good on paper: Take the man whose golden throat graces such sweet soul classics as “Stand By Me” and “Spanish Harlem,” surround him […]
John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers, Padlock on the Blues (Purple Pyramid)
John Mayall is certainly one of the most accomplished bandleaders in blues history, a veteran of scores of albums who’s consistently put together interesting and musically sophisticated bands. The current […]
Troy Turner, Blues on My Back (Telarc)
When Baton Rouge-bred, Texas-schooled Troy Turner steps into his cover of Arthur Gunter’s “Baby, Let’s Play House,” track two of this CD, he drains all the implicit sex out of […]
Jimmy Johnson, Every Road Ends Somewhere (Ruf)
When the road ends, you have to leave it. And it’s only natural that the cover of this, Johnson’s first CD since his comeback I’m A Jockey (1995), should feature […]
