September 2024

When LL Cool J famously snarled “Don’t call it a comeback” on “Mama Said Knock You Out,” the triumphant title track of his milestone 1990...

Fierce. Passionate. Raw. Uncompromising. Those are just some of the adjectives that describe Michael “Mikey” Smith, one of Jamaica’s foremost dub poets. Smith’s life was...

The year of 1957 was unforgettable for Little Richard. In the US, he had four chart singles and six chart songs, because two of them...

Recorded over two days at Rudy Van Gelder’s studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on two late April days, Jimmy Smith’s The Cat simply buzzes...

Eric Clapton has always been his own man when it comes to his highly individual talent. But he’s always been happy to shine a light...

Amy Winehouse was the kind of innately gifted chanteuse who could sing the words from a computer manual and make them touch your soul. Once...