Highlights
A collection of news and information related to Soul (genre) published by this site and its partners.
Displaying items 1-12 of 175
» View wsbt.com items only
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11-15
•
Next >
-
Like a Spirit in the Night
Or at least that is how the story goes when a still struggling rock and roll band met The Big Man, and the change was made uptown. It was a stormy night along the Jersey Shore – the wind was howling, the lightening was flashing – and then,...Tags: Doo-wop (genre), Rock and Roll (genre), Bruce Springsteen, Prosecution, Building Material
-
Berks Jazz Fest to feature mixed-genre shows, but headliner is hot jazz singer
Lehigh Valley Music presents FESTBLOGThe 23rd annual Berks Jazz Fest will be all about highlighting jazz music’s effects on other styles, with programs that offer jazz mixed with programs featuring rock, funk, blues, Latin, pop and gospel. There will be salutes to artists such...... -
Fontella Bass: An appreciation
There are two works that illustrate the range of Fontella Bass' singing power. One is a gut-busting soul cry, “Rescue Me,” a propellant R&B banger from 1965 that became Bass' signature. The other, equally vital, is a nine-minute thrill...
Tags: Aretha Franklin, Popular Music (genre), Movies, Music Industry, Chuck Berry
-
Two sides of Fontella Bass, the late, great St. Louis soul singer
Los Angeles Times Pop Music CriticThis post has been updated. See below for details. Any appreciation of soul singer Fontella Bass, who died Wednesday at age 72, must first acknowledge “Rescue Me,” the propellant 1965 R&B banger that became her signature. But equally vital...Tags: Aretha Franklin, Popular Music (genre), Heart Attack, Entertainment, Music
-
Mighty Medicine returns to Petoskey
Those looking for dynamic talents that produce multi-faceted songs and instrumentations should mark their calendar for Dec. 30 and 31, when Mighty Medicine will take the stage in The Noggin Room at Stafford's Perry Hotel in Petoskey. To classify the...
Tags: Theater, Drugs and Medicines, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Entertainment, Music
-
Alabama Shakes singer pours out soul -- hers -- at Philadelphia's Electric Factory
Lehigh Valley Music presents FESTBLOGBrittany Howard knows how to sing blues rock. She simply rips open her heart and lets her soul pour out. Alabama Shakes plays to a packed crowd at Philadelphia's Electric Factory on Monday That’s how the supremely talented vocalist for...... -
Top 5 Concerts of the Coming Week
Lehigh Valley Music presents FESTBLOGTop 5 Concerts of the Coming Week: 1. B.B. KING Not many musicians have theatrical documentaries released about them, especially any narrated by distinguished actor Morgan Freeman. Of course, there aren’t many musicians like B.B. King. “The... -
JC Brooks on covering Wilco and loving theater
As JC Brooks and the Uptown Sound took the stage for WTMD's First Thursday concert in Mount Vernon this past June, the rain came. But instead of allowing the dark clouds to damper the mood, lead singer Jayson Brooks saw an opportunity to make an...Tags: I Am Trying to Break Your Heart (movie), Mount Vernon, Arts and Culture, Wilco (music group), Craigslist, Inc.
-
Rickie Lee Jones and Bettye LaVette interpret the blues
In a concert last month at Hollywood's Hotel Cafe, the buzzy English singer Paloma Faith crouched down near the floor to sing "Let Me Down Easy." It's a tough-love song associated with a number of hardy soul-music veterans, including Bettye LaVette and...Tags: The Rolling Stones (music group), Van Morrison, Music Industry, Gnarls Barkley, Bob Dylan
-
PASSINGS: Mary Jean Pew; R.B Greaves
Mary Jean Pew Head of Catholic college, aide to Jerry Brown Mary Jean Pew, 82, a former nun who taught history and government at Immaculate Heart College in Los Angeles then served as the school's acting president before it closed in 1980, died...Tags: Politics, Roman Catholicism, Springs, Executive Branch, Lung Cancer
-
Waging heavy cloudiness
What do you expect from a rock star? I just closed the back cover of Neil Young's “Waging Heavy Peace,” his big anticipated memoir (of sorts), clocking in at 500 pages (75 shy of the rock star-memoir mountain peak established by Keith...
Tags: Jimi Hendrix, Keith Richards, Charles Manson, IHOP Corporation, Bob Dylan
-
Discovery Music Series to present Fishbone, Steve Forbert, Paul Thorn
Norfolk's Discovery Music Series has announced a new set of shows starting Oct. 18 and stretching into the spring of 2013. Shying away from indie rock, the series has steered toward acoustic, folk and bluegrass. An exception is the legendary punk-ska-...
Tags: Amos Lee, Barbara Lee, Radio, Television, Bluegrass (genre)
Jun 20, 2011
|Column| WSBT-TV
Nov 27, 2012
| Allentown Morning Call
Dec 28, 2012
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Dec 27, 2012
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Dec 21, 2012
|Story| Petoskey News
Oct 2, 2012
| Allentown Morning Call
Nov 22, 2012
| Allentown Morning Call
Oct 17, 2012
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Oct 5, 2012
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Oct 4, 2012
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Sep 28, 2012
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Sep 27, 2012
|Story| Daily Press
Original site for Soul (genre) topic gallery.
