A few years ago, Joan Armatrading had the blues. This year she's happy again. It's not as simple as it sounds, though. Armatrading has always tried to ignore the lines between different styles of music, and her string of '80s hits freely blended bits of rock, jazz, folk, soul and reggae.
by Gene Armstrong Named for a classic album by Funkadelic, the local funk-rock band Cosmic Slop carefully straddles the fine lineso carefully delineated in This Is Spinal Tapbetween clever and stupid. On its new CD, the band usually comes down on the clever side, its collective tongue firmly in cheek while paying homage to classic funk, cheesy-but-cool guitar-riffing and extended soloing ...
A top story from this week. Reggie Watts' new CD/DVD Why $#!+ So Crazy? hits stores today
Reggie Watts' new CD/DVD Why $#!+ So Crazy? hits stores today
By Calvin Palmer Jerry Lee Lewis, the man who gave rock ’n’ roll its edge, released a single today off his forthcoming CD. Lewis turns 75 next month and, befitting a man of his years, the mood is decidedly country. Mean Old Man features Lewis and Kris Kristofferson, who wrote several tracks on the album The single has been released by Shangri-La Music and the download is available on iTunes. Lewis will tour Brazil, Las Vegas and Europe this fall to promote the release of his new CD a
