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: gospel
Derek Menchan
The Griot Swings the Classics (Bluclok Records). Review by Stacey Zering.
Ron Ward Jr.
Melodies from the Heart. Review by Stacey Zering.
Ray Charles
Live in Concert (Concord Music Group). Review by Carl F Gauze.
A Prairie Home Companion Live in HD
Garrison Keillor’s “A Prairie Home Companion” is cinecast in HD to theaters across North America, and Carl F Gauze witnesses radio on the big screen.
Mavis Staples
Live - Hope at the Hideout (Anti-Records). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Gospel According to Al Green
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?
Bosque Brown
Baby (Burnt Toast Vinyl). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Or, The Whale
Light Poles and Pines (Seany). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Hayshaker
Black Holiday in Mexico City (Shut Eye Records and Agency). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Chris Kenner
Land of 1000 Dances (Collector’s Choice Music). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Billy Joe Shaver
Everybody’s Brother (Compadre Records). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Robert Cray
Twenty (Sanctuary Records Group). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Brooklyn – The Musical
Live! Original Cast Recording (Razor and Tie). Review by Carl F Gauze.
The Pine Hill Haints
Bury Your Hate in a Shallow Grave (Lelp). Review by Aaron Shaul.
Burrito Deluxe
The Whole Enchilada (Luna Chica Records). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Liz Janes
Poison & Snakes (Asthmatic Kitty). Review by Aaron Shaul.
Billy Bacon and The Forbidden Pigs
Still Smokin’ After 20 Years (Triple X Records, Swine Song). Review by Carl F Gauze.
The Fighting Temptations
Music From The Motion Picture (Sony Music Soundtrax). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Robert Randolph and the Family Band
Unclassified (Warner Brothers). Review by Tim Wardyn.
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