Stix Bones and Bob Beamon
Olimpik Soul (Bone Entertainment). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Olimpik Soul (Bone Entertainment). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Ever-focused on finding (affordable) vinyl treasures, Christopher Long returns this week with his latest gem — a reasonably well-cared-for LP copy of The Glow, the 1979 studio classic from Bonnie Raitt.
Soul’d Out: The Complete Wattstax Collection overwhelms Carl F. Gauze with 12 music CDs reprising the 1972 benefit concert to rebuild Watts, Los Angeles, seven years after the riot.
Jimmy Wang Yu gives his right arm for revenge in his kung fu classic, One Armed Boxer.
Soul survivor Eddie Floyd (“Knock on Wood,” “634-5789,” “Big Bird”) writes a memoir detailing his life in music.
The Gumption (Record Kicks). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Get Your Shit Together (Big Legal Mess / Fat Possum). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Born Under a Bad Sign (Stax). Review by James Mann.
Sunken Condos (Reprise Records). Review by James Mann.
Brothers (Nonesuch Records). Review by Eli Didier.
Black Moses / Juicy Fruit (Disco Freak) (Stax). Review by Scott Adams.
Robert Mugge’s documentary about Al Green’s tragedy-strewn return to the Church is given the deluxe 25th Anniversary DVD treatment. Can Scott Adams get an amen?
With the thirty-fifth anniversary of debut album Whirlpool, UK shoegaze outfit Chapterhouse is back together again and touring the US as part of Slide Away Music Festival.
The Englert theater hosted Little Feat as they embark on their Last Farewell Tour.
Meiko Kaji’s katana is sharp and looking for revenge in Wandering Ginza Butterfly and its sequel, She Cat Gambler, a stylish pair of early ’70s action films.