Sep 16, 2020 | Charles Tolliver - Results
Album review for Charles Tolliver’s Connect “One of the great trumpeters to emerge during the 1960s and ‘70s, Charles Tolliver always had a fat and accessible tone, the ability to shift gracefully between hard bop and freer sounds, and an exciting solo...
Sep 16, 2020 | Bible & Tire - Results
Weekly music roundup highlights The Last Shall Be First, Vol 1 “The Calvary Nightingales are just one of many bands, who’ll be part of an upcoming compilation of obscure but occasionally awesome gospel soul recordings from Memphis in the 1970s.” ...
Sep 14, 2020 | Chiminyo - Results, Jazziz
Chiminyo featured in New Music Monday “Its latest single, “Breathin’” finds him unleashing expressive beats on his tech-heavy drum kit and showcasing a unique, transcendental sound.” | Read More at...
Sep 14, 2020 | Hanging Tree Guitars - Results, NPR
The Wood’s ‘Not Good, Not Bad, Not Ugly–Just Strange’ “A new book and museum exhibition celebrate the work of North Carolina luthier Freeman Vines.” | Read More at...
Sep 14, 2020 | Bible & Tire - Results
From The Last Shall Be First: The JCR Record Story, Volume 1 “The collection features seventeen tracks recorded in Memphis during the 1970s along with complete liner notes by music historian/musician Michael Hurtt.” | Read More at...
Sep 11, 2020 | Hanging Tree Guitars - Results, Premier Guitar
How a North Carolina luthier’s instruments unearthed a buried story of the American South “Luthier and musician Freeman Vines was 8 or 9 years old when his neighbor, an older white man named Oscar Hopper, introduced him to the guitar.” | Read More...
Sep 11, 2020 | Chiminyo - Results
Percussionist Chiminyo makes his debut with the half-instrumental I Am Panda “Paul K.‘s piano-driven electronics form the basis of Anandamide, which addresses themes of fragility, spirituality and post-pandemic existence (Basilica Music, November 20).” ...
Sep 10, 2020 | American Songwriter, Hanging Tree Guitars - Results
Hanging Tree Guitars Delivers Important Insights About America’s Racial Divide “At a time when America is struggling mightily to address past and present racial injustices, his story couldn’t be more relevant.” | Read More at American...
Sep 10, 2020 | Hanging Tree Guitars - Releases, Press Releases
Accompanying music album Hanging Tree Guitars to be released September 25 Rolling Stone hailed new book Hanging Tree Guitars, out last week by Freeman Vines with Zoe Buren and Timothy Duffy on Bitter Southerner and Music Maker Relief Foundation, as “haunting” as...
Sep 2, 2020 | Xanthe Alexis - Results
Xanthe Alexis’s second release taps rich vein “Alexis likes to emphasize the spiritual transition from one song to the next, but what is equally apparent is the whimsy and novelty in production.” | Read More at...
Sep 1, 2020 | Hanging Tree Guitars - Results
The remarkable life & work of guitar maker Freeman Vines “For nearly half a century, the North Carolina native has created instruments out of found wood—including some from a notorious hanging tree.” | Read More at Smithsonian...
Aug 26, 2020 | Hanging Tree Guitars - Results, Rolling Stone
Hanging Tree Guitars: See Artist Freeman Vines’ Haunting Creations “Freeman Vines, a North Carolina–based artist, guitar maker, and one-time blues musician, thought he’d seen it all: He’d worked for free on a white farm and served jail time for...
Aug 24, 2020 | Bible & Tire - Releases, Press Releases
Brooklyn Vegan premieres first single “Keep On Pushing” by the Calvary Nightingales Bruce Watson’s acclaimed Memphis, TN-based label Bible & Tire Recording Co. has confirmed The Last Shall Be First: The JCR Record Story, Volume 1, out September 18. The...
Aug 24, 2020 | Bible & Tire - Results, Brooklyn Vegan
70s Memphis gospel-soul ‘JCR Records Story’ comp coming “The Last Shall Be First: the JCR Records Story, Volume 1. is an upcoming compilation of raw 1970s Memphis gospel-soul coming out September 18 via Bible & Tire, the sacred soul music label started by...
Aug 22, 2020 | Xanthe Alexis - Results
Mother Church Pew reviews the latest album from Xanthe Alexis “The Offering from singer/songwriter Xanthe Alexis could be described as two albums in one.” | Read More at Mother Church...
