Happy birthday Mavis Staples. ‘The Mavis Singer’
This day (July 10, 1939 ), in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is born Mavis Staples, an American rhythm and blues and gospel singer, actress and civil rights activist who recorded with The Staple Singers, her family's band.Mavis Staples
This week In Soul Artists 10/52
Luther Vandross, Joss Stone, Lionel Richie & Kenny Chesney, Ernie Isley, Aretha Franklin, Incognito, Mary Wilson, King Curtis & The Kingpins, The Staple Singers, Gary Clark Jr. & William Bell, Ben Harper, Cesaria Evora
Tommy Boy release ‘Naughty by Nature,’ their eponymous second album featuring ‘O.P.P.’ (1991)
'Naughty by Nature' feat."O.P.P." is their eponymous second album released on September 3, 1991 by Tommy Boy Records.
We Remember Johnnie Taylor. ‘Taylored’
This day (May 31, 2000), in Dallas, Texas, died Johnnie Taylor, an American vocalist from rhythm and blues, soul, blues and gospel to pop, doo-wop and disco.
We Remember Donald Duck Dunn. ‘Just Our Duck’
This day (May 13, 2012), in Tokyo, Japan, died Donald Duck Dunn, an American bass guitarist and session musician.
Respect Yourself
Starting and ending with 'Respect Yourself' made famous by The Staple Singers, we made a playlist powered by Hittin'Around. It has Joe Tex, The Staple Singers, The Monkees, Bob Marley and many more.
Jazzin’Around Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
Starting and ending with Jerome Kern / Otto Harbach's composition 'Smoke Gets In Your Eyes', we have mixed 18 'Jazzy' tunes around the theme of 'Jerome Kern / Otto Harbach'. It has Andy Kirk And His Orchestra, Amalia Rodrigues , Cannonball Adderley, Chet Baker and many more.
Happy Birthday Steve Gadd. ‘He Is So Gadd’
This day (April 9, 1945), in Irondequoit, New York, is born Steve Gadd, an American session and studio drummer.
This week In Male Balladeers 06/52
Lenny Kravitz, Bryan Ferry, Paul Simon, Michael Bublé, Father John Misty, Ed Kowalczyk, Keb' Mo', Kurt Elling, Stuart Staples, Paul McCartney, Lou Rawls, Arlo Guthrie
This week In Singing Ladies 03/52
Sade Adu, Lana Del Rey, Mavis Staple . Valerie June, Ana Tijoux, Corinne Bailey Rae, Tracy Chapman, Gloria Estefan, Kacey Musgraves, Dolly Parton, Anita O’Day, Elis Regina
Harmonizing veteran David Crosby embark young partners, among them Michael Teague of Snarky Puppy, for another trip toward Woodstock. Your weed or mine?
David Crosby's 'Here If You Listen' is his seventh album recorded with Becca Stevens, Michelle Willis and Michael Teague of Snarky Puppy and released on October 26, 2018 by BMG
At age, 77, David Crosby is a “lion in winter” – sage in the ways of the world he serenades, with leonine hair and a history of stirring up trouble through song
Crosby shows great taste and artistic smarts in giving The Lighthouse Band, as the collective is known, a more prominent presence Billboard
Crosby addresses his own mortality, singing “I've been thinking about dying/ and how to do it well.” It’s a tough subject, but one that he tackles head-on
David Crosby - Here If You Listen
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That’s so sweet of confirmed artist Diana Krall to help a young and upcoming crooner named Tony Bennett.
"Love Is Here to Stay" by Tony Bennett and Diana Krall is a collaboration album of Gershwin songs recorded with the Bill Charlap Trio and released on September 14, 2018 by Verve.
(Source Tony Bennett & Diana Krall - Love Is Here To Stay | Diana Krall Official Site)
Tony Bennett...just nabbed a Guinness World Records title this week for “longest time between the release of an original recording and a re-recording of the same single by the same artist.”
...Krall and Bennett evidently figured that it might not make sense to pair up for songs about being alone. The Times
Tony Bennett’s admirers are by now resigned to him making duet albums, even if he works best solo
Tony Bennett & Diana Krall - Love Is Here To Stay
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This week In Singing Ladies 28/52
Toni Braxton, Katie Melua, Beth Hart, Linda Ronstadt, Mavis Staples, Christine Mcvie, Macy Gray, Suzanne Vega, Minnie Riperton, Storm Large, Ella Fitzgerald, Sade Adu
This week In Singing Ladies 25/52
Judy Garland, Janis Joplin, Roberta Flack, Jill Scott, Lana Del Rey, Mavis Staples, Ann Wilson, Syreeta Wright, Cyndi Lauper, Beyoncé, Diana Ross, Amy Winehouse
Who Are You?
From 'How Am I To Know' to 'I Am A Nigerian', we have mixed 16 'Jazz With a Slice Of Rock' tunes around the theme of 'Identity'. It has Kai Winding, Sally Norvell, Barbara Lynn, Blossom Dearie and many more.
She Asks
From 'What Kind Of Fool Am I' to 'Why must your love well be so dry' , we have mixed 18 'Jazz' tunes around the theme of 'Questions Women Ask'. "She Asks" has Sarah Vaughan, Abbey Lincoln, Billie Holiday, Patsy Cline and many more.
Morning Glories
From 'What's Your Story Morning Glory' to 'In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning', we have mixed 19 'Jazz' tunes around the theme of 'Morning'. It has Stacey Kent, Billie Holiday, Room Eleven, Peggy Lee and many more.
A Matter of Choirs
Featuring Latvian Song Festival . Aunu . Aunu Balti Kajas . St. Thomas Choir Thomanerchor . Matthäuspassion . Milton Friedman Choir . The Corporation . Soweto Gospel Choir . As It Happens Complaints Choir . Complaints Choir Of Birmingham . Stand By Me . Beautiful Girls . The Choir . Russian Red Army Choir . Little Bell Kolokoltschik . Leningrad Cowboys . Red Army Choir . Sweet Home Alabama . Vienna Boychoir . Canon . Angel Voices I Have A Dream . Celtic Woman . A New Journey . Orinoco Flow . The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir . I´M Amazed . This Is What My Car Feels Like