Bob Dylan’s Country Music Heroes
When Bob Dylan was a child growing up in the 1940s and 1950s in Duluth, Minnesota, he was an avid fan of the radio. “I...
Gianna Farren: The Rising Star from Oakland
Introducing Gianna Farren, the esteemed MC and R&B artist in Oakland, California. Hailing from Chicago, Gianna brings passion and energy to her refined blend...
Bob Dylan And The Great American Songbook
Bob Dylan once joked that when he helped create the phenomenon of the singer-songwriter in the 60s, he “put an end to Tin Pan Alley.”...
Best Bob Dylan Songs: 30 Legendary Tunes From A Master Songwriter
When singer-songwriter Bob Dylan won the Nobel Prize for Literature in November 2016, the Swedish Academy praised him “for having created new poetic expressions within...
Best Archie Shepp Tracks: 20 Essentials From The Jazz Firebrand
In the early 1960s, no other jazz musician sounded quite like Archie Shepp. He played the tenor saxophone like he was wielding the musical equivalent...
‘I’ll Do For You Anything You Want Me To’: Barry White’s Soulful Promise
Barry White had amassed some track record by the spring of 1975. The R&B record books showed him with seven consecutive Top 5 soul hits...