A Tribute to Billie Holiday
Various Artists (StormVox). Review by May Terry.
Various Artists (StormVox). Review by May Terry.
Time Out (CJG Production). Review by Robert Sutton.
Operating in a genre dominated by paint-by-numbers R&B, Zaki Ibrahim paints soul – outside the lines – with a purple paint brush. S D Green talks to the emergent Canadian soulstress about globalism in her sound, the unlikely influence of Tom Waits, and why critics refuse to believe Canadian artists have soul.
Come On Through My Door (BLTN Music). Review by Kyrby Raine.
For Lovers Only (Motown). Review by Bill Campbell.
Debra Byrd transforms from an abused ghetto girl to a powerful icon of feminism in her one-woman show, Becoming Othello: A Black Girl’s Journey. Look upon her, and tremble.
Charles DJ Deppner takes a look at a new book of artwork by DEVO’s Mark Mothersbaugh, and discovers the book is actually looking back at him.
Kid Congo & The Pink Monkey Birds’ “Wicked World” video features Alice Bag, previews That Delicious Vice, out April 19 on In The Red Records.
Despite serving up ample slices of signature snark, FOX News golden boy Jesse Watters, for the most part, just listens — driving the narrative of his latest book, Get It Together, through the stories of others.
Brooklyn rapper Max Gertler finds himself a bit ground up on “Put My Heart in a Jay,” his latest single.