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Check the side bar - Great streaming album - This week's Artist - Oz Noy
Required Listening Oz Noy Born: Tel Aviv, IsraelApril 25, 1972Genre Style: FusionOz Noy is an incredibly smooth Israeli-American guitarist who has spent the last few decades rewriting the rules on how jazz, funk, rock, and blues can play together. He…
Continue Reading »Check the side bar - Great streaming album - This week's Artist - Aretha Franklin
Required Listening Aretha Franklin - Unforgettable: A Tribute To Dinah Washington Born: Detroit, MichiganMarch 25, 1942 – August 16, 2018Genre Style: Soul, Jazz, BluesAretha Franklin wasn't just a singer—she was a total force of nature who completely earned her title…
Continue Reading »New Feature - Check the side bar - Great streaming album - This week's Artist - Luther Dickinson - North Mississippi Allstars
Required Listening Luther Dickinson Born: Western TennesseeJanuary 18, 1973Genre Style: Rock BluesLuther Dickinson is an incredible guitarist, singer, and producer who really channelled the spirit of the Deep South when he co-founded the North Mississippi Allstars. Growing up as the…
Continue Reading »New Feature - Check the side bar - Great streaming album - This week's Artist - Shirley Horn
Required Listening Shirley Horn Born: Washington D.C.May 1, 1934 – October 20, 2005Genre Style: Jazz, BluesShirley Horn, who lived from 1934 to 2005, was an acclaimed American jazz singer and pianist celebrated for her smoky contralto voice and her masterful…
Continue Reading »New Feature - Check the side bar - Great streaming album - This week's Artist - One Hand Man's Band
Required Listening Nacho Castanon Born: Madrid, SpainGenre Style: Chirigota PunkOne Hand Man's Band is basically the sonic mad-science project of Nacho, an underground musician from Madrid, Spain, who decided he didn't need a full lineup to make a ton of…
Continue Reading »New Feature - Check the side bar - Great streaming album - This week's Artist - Robert Pete Williams
Required Listening Robert Pete Williams Born: Zachary, LaMarch 14, 1914 - December 31, 1980Genre Style: Delta BluesRobert Pete Williams was born into a sharecropping family in Zachary, Louisiana, back in 1914, growing up working the fields with no formal schooling. He…
Continue Reading »In Case You Missed It : Ingrid Jensen - Kind of New
Required Listening Ingrid Jensen - Kind of New I’m traveling today so I’m posting an album that I really love that you may never have heard. No review. Pure music. 'Kind of New' is a captivating jazz album that bridges…
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