Best Christmas Blues Songs: An Essential Seasonal Playlist
Is Christmas a time to be blue? We certainly hope not, but it can be a great time to play the best Christmas blues songs....
Best Frank Sinatra Songs: An Essential Top 20
Frank Sinatra is a legend. His music was the soundtrack to the second half of the 20th century and the best Frank Sinatra songs resonate...
How Burning Spear Hit The Mark With The Timeless Classic, ‘Marcus Garvey’
There is a reason why many fans cite Burning Spear’s Marcus Garvey as the greatest reggae album ever made. Such definitive claims are impossible to...
‘Blue Mode’: Organist Reuben Wilson’s Tasty Soul Jazz Manifesto
Released in 1970, Blue Mode was Reuben Wilson’s third album for Blue Note, following two previous offerings for the legendary jazz label founded in 1939:...
‘You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’’: The Righteous Brothers Make Pop History
Only the most momentous songs in pop history make it into the Grammy Hall of Fame, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the Top...
‘Drop Down And Get Me’: Tom Petty Produces His Hero, Del Shannon
No one would deny that the career of Del Shannon was at its zenith in the early 1960s, when he recorded some of the best...