Feb 4, 2022 | Bible & Tire - Results, Bluegrass Situation, MMRF - Results
Listen: Dedicated Men of Zion, “Lord Hold My Hand”” “In Their Words: ‘The difference in making this album from the last album was the level of comfort.'” | Read More at...
Feb 2, 2022 | MMRF - Results, No Depression
Album Review: Pianist Albert Smith’s Songs Pack Healing and Heart into Big Belly Mama “Albert Smith’s music has a smile in it. No matter the subject, the South Carolina pianist’s rattly, rollicking keyboard accompaniment creases a listeners’ face with happy...
Feb 1, 2022 | Abdullah Ibrahim - Results, Paste
Paste highlights Solotude by Abdullah Ibrahim “As heard on this lovely vinyl release, the mood of the space lent notes of wistfulness and fortitude to his playing.” | Read More at...
Jan 31, 2022 | Bible & Tire - Results, MMRF - Results
The Dedicated Men of Zion Present a Soulful Gospel Experience on the “Sacred Soul” Song “Lord Hold My Hand” “The song is deeply entrenched in its spirituality and gospel roots while also having a funky instrumentation and the overall feel of classic soul without...
Jan 31, 2022 | American Songwriter, Bible & Tire - Results, MMRF - Results
New Song Friday! Hear New Tracks From Dedicate Men of Zion and More “Gospel group The Dedicated Men of Zion have a vocal mixture like your favorite honey cake.” | Read More at American...
Jan 27, 2022 | MMRF - Results
Exclusive: Music Maker Relief Foundation Presents Albert Smith’s “Down in Burningham” “Born in 1912 in Rembert, South Carolina, Albert began playing piano when he was 15 years old on an instrument his parents bought him from the Sears, Roebuck &...
Jan 25, 2022 | Bible & Tire - Releases, MMRF - Releases, Press Releases
Bruce Watson Produced Album, Which Also Features Grammy Winner Matt Ross-Spang on Guitar “The world needs this music right now.” –Robin Hilton, NPR Music “What they call sacred soul: a nexus of secular soul music and gospel and you hear it all in here, right? It’s got...
Jan 25, 2022 | Bible & Tire - Results, MMRF - Results
Exclusive: Dedicated Men of Zion Premiere Funky Sacred Soul Single “Lord Hold My Hand” “With Bruce Watson of Fat Possum at the helm, they have surpassed their debut with The Devil Don’t Like It, throughout which their jubilant harmonies...
Jan 24, 2022 | Chiminyo - Results
Stereofox highlights “Reachin'” song and video “As a drummer, as soon as I heard the snare, I know this will blow my mind. Then the beautifully thick kick and the crisp rim-shots painted the full picture of perfection.” | Read More at...
Jan 20, 2022 | Press Releases, The Cookers - Releases
Look Out! (Gearbox Records) Ranks Among 2021’s Best Albums at NPR Music, Offbeat, Jazz Critics’ Poll, Jazztimes & Beyond Jazz supergroup the Cookers—whose members have played with many of the all-time greats of jazz and whose album Look Out! (Gearbox...
Jan 18, 2022 | MMRF - Results
Premiering exclusively today is the slow-burning “Red Mama Blues” “Three years after her passing, Beverly “Guitar” Watkins’ first live album, In Paris, will be released by Music Maker Foundation on March 18.” | Read More at American Blues...
Jan 18, 2022 | MMRF - Releases, Press Releases
South Carolina Barrelhouse Pianist Albert Smith’s Debut Album Big Belly Mama to See Release As Part of MMF’s Exclusive Listeners Circle Series on February 1 “She is probably the greatest living blues guitarist that no one has ever heard of.” —Oxford...
Jan 14, 2022 | Christine Sweeney - Results
Christine Sweeney Lends Soulful Touch to Impassioned Rocker “Do You Have To Go” “Simple electric guitar riffage provides the backbone for this tune that feels at once rootsy and indie while showcasing Christine’s impassioned vocals and lyrical potency.” ...
Jan 13, 2022 | Folk Alliance - Releases, Press Releases
Aengus Finnan, Folk Alliance International’s fourth Executive Director in the organization’s 35-year history, has announced that he will step down from the role in 2022. He has been at the helm of FAI since June 2014. During his tenure, FAI expanded its definition of...
Jan 10, 2022 | Bible & Tire - Results, MMRF - Results
Sacred Soul of North Carolina: Songs of praise, Southern style “3 1/2 stars…the stripped-back quality of the production has the effect of a collection of field recordings, a couple of mics hovering invisibly among these musicians’ day-to-day, unimposing...
