| “I Try to Be as Truthful as I Can With My Songs, and in Every Walk of Life”: An Interview With Lee Fields | December 13, 2022 |
Over a half-century after his career began, Field’s raspy, aching voice remains well-preserved on his new album 'Sentimental Fool,' Liz Sánchez writes.
| Call Him Mr. Pitiful: O.V. Wright’s A Nickel and a Nail | August 3, 2021 |
Jordan Ryan Pedersen sheds a tear with O.V. Wright, one of soul's most underrated weepers.
| POW Premiere: “Money Clouds” by The Jack Moves | August 16, 2018 |
Ben Grenrock premieres the new single from The Jack Moves, "Money Cloud"
| Songs Cry: RIP Percy Sledge | April 15, 2015 |
We send off Percy Sledge with 20 southern-soul tearjerkers
| Fantastic Negrito Should Score True Detective Season 2 | March 12, 2015 |
The Bay Area strummer needs to back Pizzolato's intro sequence
| Leon Bridges Sings Soul | February 25, 2015 |
Columbia's signee gets ready to break the Internet by bringing back turndown tunes.
| Question in the Form of an Answer: An Interview with JUNGLE. | March 12, 2014 |
I arrived at The Mercury Lounge on Sunday while JUNGLE. was conducting their soundcheck. T and J flew in from London the day before with their 3 band mates, sound engineer and manager, after completing a tour-leg opening for HAIM. Their first U.S. show was a few hours after landing, and they brought an energy […]
| Mister Show Business: The Modern Funk of Seven Davis Jr. | January 9, 2014 |
Max Bell lives for the funk and dies for the funk. Seven is the name George Costanza ostensibly wanted for his first child. I don’t think L.A. based singer and producer Seven Davis Jr.’s parents were big fans of Mickey Mantle or Seinfeld, but I won’t rule it out until I can ask him and check […]
| Son Raw: The Bluffer’s Guide to Rinse.FM (Part 2) | February 12, 2013 |
Part 2 of Son Raw’s continuing look at London’s best radio station. Part 1 here. Dubstep: The cream of the crop Dubstep has seen better days on Rinse, as London’s sound of choice has found itself out of favor amongst listeners dissuaded by the anti-cool factor that comes with being America’s soundtrack to take drugs […]
| A Closer Look at Unsung Soul Great, Marion Black & “Who Knows What Tomorrow Will Bring” | February 5, 2013 |
If you’re not a fan of the Ravens or Curren$y, then I’m sure Sunday was a bit of a disappointment (I fall in with the Jet set). There was the game delay, a half-hearted Beyonce/Destiny’s Child performance, and a batch of hardly funny or persuasive commercials. But one commercial made me pay attention—the BlackBerry commercial. […]
