Nov 10, 2021 | Abdullah Ibrahim - Results
Abdullah Ibrahim’s dream of a rank outsider at the races teaches the South African pianist to always back himself Read More...
Nov 8, 2021 | MMRF - Results
Music of Healing & Elixirs: Little Freddie King, Anders Osborne, Dr. Michael White, & Music Maker Relief Foundation “Tim Duffy of the Music Maker Relief Foundation in North Carolina explains the curative properties of music on society and his work with...
Nov 5, 2021 | Jazziz, The Cookers - Results
Still Cookin’: Billy Harper enjoys a late-career awakening with The Cookers “Jazz history is rife with brilliant musicians who never received their proper due. Some became bitter, some fell prey to bad lifestyle habits, some died young, some even consigned their...
Nov 4, 2021 | Bible & Tire - Results, MMRF - Results
Preaching the Blues of Gospel “Gospel and blues are two different art forms, but ones that are linked, not just in their foundations in African American communities, but also in the way both styles can get to the root of an emotion using straight-forward musical...
Nov 2, 2021 | Elizabeth King - Results, NPR
New Music Friday: The top 10 albums out on Oct. 29 Read More at...
Nov 2, 2021 | Nora Brown - Releases, Press Releases
“Diverse, spontaneous, counter-cultural, and trenchant…One of the most vital and spiritually sound folk-music events in the country.” -The New Yorker Magazine Nov. 12th & 13th, 2021St. Ann and the Holy Trinity Church 157 Montague St., Brooklyn, NY...
Nov 2, 2021 | The Cookers - Results
The Cookers and Their Classic Recipes “The only things McBee and his bandmates have expected of each other during their time as an ensemble have been excellence, creativity, and the ability to fully realize their collective artistic hopes.” | Read More...
Nov 1, 2021 | Abdullah Ibrahim - Results
Weekly Music Roundup: Abdullah Ibrahim “Now, the 87-year old pianist has put out a solo record, called Solotude, an almost meditative recording where he moves freely between some of his earlier works.” | Read More at...
Oct 26, 2021 | Bible & Tire - Results, MMRF - Results
Review: Various Artists, The Sacred Soul of North Carolina “Sourcing a tradition that reaches as far back as the 17th century, the dozen and a half songs that encompass this compelling collection of religious revelry are gleaned from an upcoming documentary...
Oct 25, 2021 | Elizabeth King - Releases, Press Releases
Music Video Created by Band of Horses and Artic Monkeys Collaborators Out Tomorrow Memphis, TN sacred soul singer Elizabeth King’s debut album Living In The Last Days, (following a series of regional hit singles in the 1970s reissued to acclaim in 2019) earned the...
Oct 22, 2021 | Uncategorized
Life On Hold “The wait was long for Elizabeth King’s “Living in the Last Days” and Robert Finley’s “Sharecropper’s Son,” but these albums come right on time.” | Read More at Bitter...
Oct 22, 2021 | Elizabeth King - Results
Elizabeth King: Making Gospel the Old-Fashioned Way “Elizabeth King has been singing since she was three. In fact, she fronted a 10-man group, the Gospel Souls, for almost 40 years, starting at the dawn of the ’70s when she first recorded for Pastor Juan Shipp...
Oct 20, 2021 | Bible & Tire - Results, MMRF - Results
5 Stars: Various Artists, Sacred Soul of North Carolina “Among the highlights are Bible & Tire artists Dedicated Men of Zion singing “It’s a Shame,” a head-shaking commentary on the troubles of the world.” | Read More at Journal of Gospel...
Oct 20, 2021 | Bible & Tire - Releases, MMRF - Releases, Press Releases
Outlets like NPR, MOJO, WNYC, and DownBeat are hailing Sacred Soul of North Carolina, the compilation album and half-hour documentary film out last week on Bible & Tire Recording Co. and Music Maker Foundation. The landmark collection was newly recorded by...
Oct 19, 2021 | The Cookers - Results
Stereogum features The Cookers – “The Mystery Of Monifa Brown” “The Cookers are one of my favorite groups, period.” | Read More at...
