Posts tagged soul

MIKE FARRIS Silver & Stone Compass Records Mike Farris’ last album, Shine for All the People, earned him a 2015 Grammy for Best Gospel Roots Album. …

RUTHIE FOSTER Joy Comes Back Blue Corn Music As valid and tempting to break out as they may seem anytime she puts out a new …

Honestly, was there ever any question who would show up as the best-dressed at the Lone Star Music/KOKE-FM “Dillo Mixer” at Threadgill’s last Friday? Leave …

By Scott Schinder At 76, Mavis Staples is in the midst of a remarkable resurgence. Having already changed the face of gospel music with her …

LUCERO Live From Atlanta ATO Records Memphis-based roots-rockers Lucero have rightfully earned their name as a killer live act, especially after implementing a small horn …

JUSTIN TOWNES EARLE Single Mothers Vagrant Records After the old-time country stylings of his 2008 debut, The Good Life, Justin Townes Earle has diverged from …

KING CORDUROY Austin Soul Stew Self-released Genuine soul music in the classic mode is not one of the sounds that Austin is generally known for, …

BLACK JOE LEWIS Electric Slave Punch Five Records With Electric Slave, Austin’s Black Joe Lewis and his gang turn in another smoking 11-track salvo that …

429 Records Plano native Boz Scaggs has had one of pop music’s longest and most varied careers. Beginning during the Summer of Love with fellow …

TIM O’BRIEN & DARRELL SCOTT Live: We’re Usually A Lot Better Than This Full Light Records/Thirty Tigers Longtime pals Darrell Scott and Tim O’Brien show …