I’ve never knowingly listened to Merry Clayton before today, but she was featured singing along with Mick Jagger in The Rolling Stones’ hit tune “Gimme Shelter” off their 1969 album, Let It…
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Black Pumas – Black Pumas (2019)
I’ve heard a lot of buzz online about these guys lately from guitar focused YouTube channels like Michael Palmisano aka Guitargate in a recent video in his “Guitar Teacher REACTS” series, as…
John Prine – Bruised Orange (1978)
Today’s album is the late John Prine’s 1978 album, “Bruised Orange”. I must admit, I heard about his passing and many musicians speaking about what he meant to the world of music,…
Nina Simone – Wild Is The Wind (1966)
Today’s album of the day is Nina Simone’s 1966 album “Wild Is The Wind”. I don’t have very much exposure to her, but she and her band performed a song written (and…
Jeff Buckley – Grace (1994)
The album I decided to check out today is “Grace” (1994) by Jeff Buckley. I’ve never actually listened to him before, but his voice already sounds akin to his father’s, so this…
Planxty – Planxty (1973)
Planxty is an interesting band with an interesting genre category to me of Irish folk music. For me, I really enjoy European folk music – it always sounds sort of medieval and…
Geezer – Groovy (2020)
The band Geezer is spearheaded by the bassist for world renown heavy metal band Black Sabbath, Geezer Butler. This venture keeps some of that heavy sound and brings a whole different psychedelic…
Carl Wilson – Carl Wilson (1981)
Today I’m checking out the first solo album of the genius behind “Feel Flows” from The Beach Boys 1971 “Surf’s Up” album, as well as many other pieces from the latter years…
Allen Toussaint – Southern Nights (1975)
Wow. This album starts out so hot with “Last Train”. It starts the album rolling and doesn’t give any indication of stopping. I favorited this song right away. I’m on a New…
The Meters – Rejuvenation (1974)
Some of the original funk masters that I can think of have a great album in 1974’s “Rejuvenation”. So many of my current favorite artists to listen to have some roots in…