July 2024

When his major label debut Already Platinum dropped in 2005, the silver-tongued slopped-up devil known as Slim Thug wasn’t literally a platinum artist, but he...

Since the advent of sound in cinema, the almighty film score has become an integral part of the movie experience. Some took years, others were...

Even the least committed soul fan knows about Stax Records and its gutsy, down-home Memphis sound. This music lit up the 60s and early 70s...

The Mar-Keys entered Stax Records folklore early, as the storied label’s first house band, as well as being the team of A-list players who had...

Let’s say a Northern soul all-nighter runs from 10pm until 6am, and an average 60s 7” single runs for two minutes, 50 seconds. The dancers...

The first blast of New Wave in the late 1970s mostly stuck to the same rhythms that rock had revolved around for decades. But by...