Tony Joe White Lived It and Wrote It
adminby Marshall Bowden Tony Joe White passed away on October 24, 2018. He died suddenly at home of a heart attack only weeks after the release of his album Bad…
Read MoreIggy Pop: The Arista Trilogy
by Marshall Bowden Iggy Pop had proven that he could write well, could focus and produce solid work without David Bowie’s assistance and was generally ready to assume the mantle…
Read More8 Reasons Miles Davis is in the Rock Hall of Fame
Back in 2006 when the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducted Miles Davis, there were more than a few raised eyebrows. Davis did release some heavily plugged-in music beginning…
Read MoreGoGo Penguin’s Transmission From a Humdrum Star
GoGo Penguin, the piano trio from Manchester UK that has received a great deal of attention since its debut in 2012, utilizes the services of sound engineer Joe Reiser. Reiser…
Read MoreSons of Kemet: Your Queen Is a Reptile
by Marshall Bowden In the acknowledgments of his book Cut ‘N Mix: Culture and Identity in Carribean Music, Dick Hebdige notes that “In his book There Ain’t No Black In…
Read MoreSun Goddess
How the paths of Ramsey Lewis and Maurice White led to the recording of this quiet storm classic by Marshall Bowden Ramsey Lewis was one of the more popular jazz…
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