Tears come easily for me. Music often acts as the trigger, and classic R&B voices get me almost every time. I just cued up Percy Sledge’s out-of-print 1994 album Blue Night and was immediately overcome by emotion. Listen for yourself. Damn. Sledge died last week.
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I reviewed Lil Boosie’s wack concert at the Midland.
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I reviewed a solid concert by Sixx:A.M. and Apocalyptica.
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I reviewed Matt Kane & the Kansas City Generations Sextet’s Acknowledgement at Plastic Sax.
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I didn’t know about Tony Bennett’s secret weapon until I first saw Ralph Sharon perform with the vocalist in the 1990s. Sharon died on March 31.
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Johnny Kemp has died.
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After years of conjecture, a collaboration between Tech N9ne and Eminem has been released.
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Todd Clouser’s Chant is RIYL: Allen Ginsberg, beatniks, John Trudell. Clouser created a video for “You the Brave.”
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Lila Downs’ Balas y Chocolate is a lot of fun. RIYL: Vicente Fernández, parties, Kinky.
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Tyler, the Creator’’s Cherry Bomb is much better than I anticipated. And yes, “Smuckers” is the hip-hop event of the year.
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Kenny Lattimore’s Anatomy of a Love Song is RIYL: Luther Vandross, classic R&B, Marvin Gaye. Here’s the video for “Love Me Back.”
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The-Dream’s silky Crown is RIYL: Michael Jackson, radio playlists, Future.
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Beethoven, Period, a collaboration between Matt Haimovitz and Christopher O’Riley, is my default work soundtrack.
(Original image by There Stands the Glass.)
Blue Night is certainly an overlooked gem of an album. Great songs and excellent production values. I guess I'm old enough to understand what might be called 'old school' but I much prefer timeless classics.
ReplyDeleteYou're right, of course, BGO. And that's Bobby Womack on guitar.
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