I was late to Bobby Womack's party. By the time I purchased the CD pictured above in the early '90s, I'd already become conversant with the works of most soul greats. Hearing songs like "Lookin' For a Love," "That's the Way I Feel About Cha" and "Across 110th Street" for the first time was stunning. I wondered how these gems weren't played alongside familiar radio hits by James Brown and Al Green. After finally catching up with Womack, I was able to enjoy subsequent albums as new releases. Womack died last week. Here's Raphael Saadiq's new tribute song.
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I reviewed Saturday's concert by Tech N9ne, Freddie Gibbs, Jarren Benton and the Psych Ward Druggies.
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I reviewed Ray LaMontagne's concert at Starlight Theatre.
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I yakked about music on KCUR's Up To Date last week. Here's the stream.
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Lee McBee has died.
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Tech N9ne made a video for "Fear."
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Here's the trailer for Arrows Into Infinity, a new documentary about Charles Lloyd.
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I'm a Led Zeppelin freak but I'm not an apologist. Here's essential documentation of LedZep's transgressions. The insidious ads are a small price to pay. (Tip via There Stands the Glass reader Phil.)
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Har Mar Superstar stars in the excellent video for Trampled By Turtles' "Wild Animals."
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Jimmy Cobb's The Original Mob bores me to tears. I suppose that makes me a bad person.
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It's not exactly funky, but Worry Later by the unapologetically geeky jazz trio of Ben Goldberg, Adam Levy and Smith Dobson is a sublime tribute to Monk.
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Mastodon's latest release sounds exactly like another Mastodon album. Here's the video for "High Road". RIYL: size, The Mars Volta, volume.
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It takes 2 hours and 35 minutes to play the new compilation Role: New Sounds of Brazil. Much of it is exemplary.
(Original image by There Stands the Glass.)
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