Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill
An evening of soul and alcohol draws Billie Holiday to her demise. Carl F. Gauze reviews Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill at Orlando Shakes.
An evening of soul and alcohol draws Billie Holiday to her demise. Carl F. Gauze reviews Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill at Orlando Shakes.
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.
Soul survivor Eddie Floyd (“Knock on Wood,” “634-5789,” “Big Bird”) writes a memoir detailing his life in music.
My Mind Set Me Free: The House Guests Meet the Complete Strangers (Shake It Records). Review by Scott Adams.
Jazz and Disney and plenty of piano. There’s only one place THAT could be…
With the upcoming release of his eagerly awaited new album, 99 Cent Dreams, soul singer Eli “Paperboy” Reed speaks in depth about his songwriting process and working with the legendary vocal group, The Masqueraders, and Grammy winning producer, Matt Ross-Spang, with Generoso Fierro.
The soul and jazz sounds of Orlando’s best jazz musicians invades the lobby of the Winter Park Playhouse.
Join the jumpin’ Jive at Winter Parks pop up version of The Cotton Club!
A new cabaret series at Winter Park Playhouse emphasized African American artists and music.
S/T (Bloodshot Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Green Man (Do Music Records). Review by Stacey Zering.
Memphis (Reuben Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Freedom Highway (Nonesuch). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Afro Funk Explosion! (Manifesto). Review by Scott Adams.
Heal My Soul (Provogue). Review by Joe Frietze.
Charles Bradley flat tears it up at the House of Soul.
Black Beauty (High Moon). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Let’s be Strangers Again (). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Soul, funk, and R&B purists, Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings “bring it” to Phillip Haire and the people of Orlando
Want More (Bloodshot). Review by Scott Adams.
55th Anniversary Super Deluxe Double LP (Don Giovanni Records). Review by Carl F. Gauze.
Macabre masterpiece The House that Screamed gets a stunning Blu-ray makeover, revealing a release good enough to convert non-believers. Phil Bailey reviews.
Ink 19’s Stacey Zering talks with writer Doug Bratton, who takes us inside his indie murder mystery comic book series, Isolation.
On today’s show, Charley Deppner, Eszter Balint, and Pat Greene enjoy a discussion of terror, punk rock, and the duality of musical genius.
In this episode, Jeremy Glazier talks with Tim Bluhm and Greg Loiacono of The Mother Hips, just as their entire back catalog is released on vinyl in partnership with the Blue Rose Foundation.
This week, savvy shopper Christopher Long scores an abused vinyl copy of The Long Run, the 1979 Eagles classic, from a local junkie for a pack of smokes and a can of pop.
Black Holes Are Hard to Find (Nemu Records). Review by Carl F. Gauze.
Carl F. Gauze reviews his second As You Like It in three days, the latest a candy-colored complexity from Rollins College’s Annie Russell Theatre.