Soul’d Out: The Complete Wattstax Collection
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.
Tag: funk
The House Guests
My Mind Set Me Free: The House Guests Meet the Complete Strangers (Shake It Records). Review by Scott Adams.
Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue
Parking Lot Symphony (Blue Note). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Rhiannon Giddens
Freedom Highway (Nonesuch). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Lafayette Afro Rock Band Vs. Ice
Afro Funk Explosion! (Manifesto). Review by Scott Adams.
Jeff Healey
Heal My Soul (Provogue). Review by Joe Frietze.
The Pop Group
For How Much Longer Do We Tolerate Mass Murder. Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Various Artists
Groove & Grind Rare Soul ‘63 - ‘73 (Rock Beat Records). Review by James Mann.
Finding Fela
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Big Hassle). Review by Scott Adams.
Paqua
Akaliko (Claremont). Review by Carl F Gauze.
40 Thieves
The Sky Is Yours (Kudos Records). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings
Soul, funk, and R&B purists, Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings “bring it” to Phillip Haire and the people of Orlando
Detroit Rebellion
The Detroit Rebellion of ‘67 EP. Review by Carl F Gauze.
Mr. Bird
Bird Bird Bird (Psych Navigation / Vital Force). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Rob Zombie
Venomous Rat Regeneration Vendor (Zodiac Swan). Review by Joe Frietze.
Here Come the Mummies
Bed, Bath & Behind (Sphinxter). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Wanee Festival 2011 featuring The Allman Brothers Band
The 7th annual Wanee Festival, hosted by The Allman Brothers Band, brought icons of Rock ‘n’ Roll’s past to idyllic Live Oak, FL. Phillip Haire soaked it all in before staggering to his campsite each night.
Booker T.
Potato Hole (ANTI-Records). Review by Joe Frietze.
Betty Davis
Nasty Gal (Light in the Attic Records). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Betty Davis
Is It Love or Desire? (Light In The Attic Records). Review by Carl F Gauze.
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