1/4/2011
From the hard-scrabble slums of Hoboken to the gilt-edged palaces of the Vegas Strip, nobody - but nobody - defined the word style like Francis Albert Sinatra. At every step - King of the …
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1/4/2011
In our Deep Cuts, we've managed the impossible: to condense Frank's massive career into three bite-sized pieces. Nelson Riddle's bold and brassy horns swing with a ritzy Vegas glitz in "Nice 'N' Easy," …
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1/4/2011
We begin, of course, with the smoky strains of "Chan Chan" and the languid guitar of producer Ry Cooder. This is the one song that started the Buena Vista craze. The collective's bona fide diva, Omara …
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1/4/2011
Dennis Brown was 16 when he slow-toasted the organ melodies of "Money In My Pocket." The hit led him to the studio of Niney Holness, where he recorded some of his (and reggae's) best work, including th …
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12/28/2010
The story is famous: barely past 20, young Mary Christine Brockert, aka Teena Marie, released her 1977 debut album on Motown, yet, fearful that soul fans might balk at a non-black artist, the label did …
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12/28/2010
The simple facts: 1) Teena Marie's life and career were cut way too short, and 2) the decades that Lady T spent making music produced far too many great tracks for hits collections alone. Our Teena Mar …
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12/21/2010
American music history would be missing a crucial chapter without the career of Brenda Lee. A member of the Rock and Roll and Country Music Hall of Fame, the pint-sized gal with the skyscraping voice w …
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12/21/2010
Besides that precocious powerhouse of a voice, one of Brenda Lee's most remarkable gifts was her ability to leap stylistic borders in a single bound. She could tear your heart to pieces with a country …
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12/21/2010
Ciara Princess Harris was a little girl when she decided that making music was what she wanted to do with her life. And so she worked - honing her spectacular moves, refining her tough-and-tender sopra …
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