Session Musician Spotlight: Bobbye Hall
Detroit-born Bobbye Hall was an eleven-year-old prodigy playing drums at a sock hop when Motown arranger Paul Riser heard her and asked her mother if...
The Black Crowes’ Best Songs: 10 Rock Anthems
The Black Crowes are one of the best rock bands of the past few decades, a group dedicated to rock ‘n’ roll in every way....
‘Kim Kim Kim’: Kim Weston’s Highly Spirited And Moving Stax Album
Though Kim Weston is primarily thought of as a Motown artist, the fact she never released a solo album during nigh-on four years at Hitsville...
‘Jingle Bell Rock’: Bobby Helms’ Rockin’ Christmas Classic
When country music singer Bobby Helms was first offered the chance to sing a new festive song called “Jingle Bell Rock,” he was initially skeptical...
‘In Dulci Jubilo’: Mike Oldfield’s Jubilant Christmas Music
Mike Oldfield has always been chiefly an album artist, but that doesn’t mean he hasn’t had several moments of glory on the singles chart. One...
‘Ricochet’: Tangerine Dream On The Rebound With Live Album
When Tangerine Dream released their first live album, Ricochet, towards the end of 1975, the German progressive pacemakers were basking in the success of two...