R&B
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Chuck Berry’s 1957 debut album might not contain all the hits from the era–Berry was a singles man, after all–but it is a fine document of Berry’s versatility as a guitarist. This expanded edition also includes a handful of beloved contemporary singles. Read more
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Chuck Berry’s 1957 debut album might not contain all the hits from the era–Berry was a singles man, after all–but it is a fine document of Berry’s versatility as a guitarist. This expanded edition also includes a handful of beloved contemporary singles. Read more
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Tasha Thomas was a promising young singer whose star was on the increase when she released what would be her sole solo album, five years before her untimely death from cancer. Read more
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Tasha Thomas was a promising young singer whose star was on the increase when she released what would be her sole solo album, five years before her untimely death from cancer. Read more
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A fine Gospel number for this Sunday morning courtesy of the Godmother of Rock and Roll. Enjoy it! (i know you will.) Read more
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A wonderful, brief side from the younger brother of Soul great Sam Cooke. Read more
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Music expert Bob Stanley’s specialty label Croydon Municipal has released three distinctive,. essential, and downright enjoyable collections documenting women singers of the 1950s and 1960s. Read more
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The first and only recordings of a duo of two R&B loving blind men sees a reissue 40 years after its release on Folkways Records. Read more
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The Hues Corporation, a Las Vegas-based R&B group, first came to prominence as the band in the film Blacula, which provided the band with the break they had been seeking, and which resulted in a record deal. Though success was long in coming, when it did come, it was well-deserved. Freedom For The Stallion, Read more
