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Shannon McNally and Hot Sauce – Coldwater (self-released)
25 November 2009The eight song album (five originals, three covers) is, to my ears, her strongest release yet.
The Soul Movers – On the In Side (Cool Time/Career)
19 November 2009Saving soul and rock & roll from the histrionic hordes.
24-Caret Black - Gone: The Promises of Yesterday (Numero)
20 August 2009This is soul offering little uplift (some hypnotic grooves and the momentum built from insistent repetition) but plentiful painful catharsis.
Bobby Hebb –That's All I Wanna Know (Tuition)
9 March 2008Hebb’s soft voice is as warm and charming as it was on “Sunny” back in ‘66, and the tasteful arrangements are smoothly authentic.
Cat Power with Appaloosa - The Orpheum Theater (Boston, MA) - Thursday, February 7, 2008
10 February 2008Cat Power keeps on soul patrol, waves goodbye to the past.
The Sins of Pitchfork #1
8 September 2007Shouldn’t music critics know something about, you know, music?
The Soul Searchers - Blow Your Whistle: Original Old School Breaks & Classic Funk Bombs (Vampi Soul)
24 March 2007Not only is this some of the best funk of the period, and historically important as the root source of what in a few years would become the Washington D.C. Go-Go scene, it includes one of the most heavily sampled breakbeats around, from the instrumental “Ashley’s Roachclip.”
What Can Brown Do For You?: The “Heresy” of Negative Capability in James Brown’s “I’ll Go Crazy"
31 January 2007“I’ll Go Crazy” is as good of a place to start talking about the greatness of JAMES BROWN as any.
Dr. John: Right Place, Right Time - Live at Tipitina's, Mardi Gras '89 (Skinji Brim/Hyena)
28 August 2006This souvenir from 17 years ago catches Dr. John in action at a beloved New Orleans nightclub. The ten-song program’s a nice mix of Rebennack-penned classics, New Orleans standards, and blues/R&B warhorses infused with Nawlins goodness.
Lou Rawls - The Best of: The Capitol Jazz & Blues Sessions (Capitol Jazz/EMI)
17 April 2006This can’t really be called a “Best Of” without including any of LOU RAWLS’s hits, nor can all of the tracks here be termed either jazz or blues. None of this matters, though, because there are three things that matter more…
Jack Rabid’s Top 10
Week of February 7
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The Joy Formidable – A Balloon Called Moaning (Pure Groove U.K.)
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The Joy Formidable – First You Have to Get Mad limited edition live LP (Pure Groove U.K.)
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Rogue Wave – Permalight (Brushfire)
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Sloan – Hit & Run digital EP (Murder)
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Catherine Wheel – Ferment (Cherry Red U.K.)
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Lou Barlow – Goodnight Unknown (Merge)
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Mission of Burma – The Sound The Speed The Light (Matador)
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Visqueen – Message to Garcia (Local 638)
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For Against – Never Been (Words on Music)
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The Dimes – The King Can Drink the Harbour Dry (Pet Marmoset)