Soul music is about feeling, not perfection. Though I do listen to younger R&B singers, they generally don’t excite me like Aretha Franklin has during her long, lauded career. Though I love Mary J. Blige,…
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Janis Ian’s Between the Lines: The Saddest Album Ever
Remember the Columbia Record Club? If you’re too young to remember, “CRC” and its brethren—the RCA Record Club etc.— were mail-order divisions of the major record labels that enticed you to join with a…
Get Reddy! A Tribute to Helen Reddy Illustrating the “Norma Desmond Theory” of Celebrity Developmental Paralysis at the Apex of Stardom
If you’re anything like me, (and if you read my blog you probably are), you’ve found yourself inexplicably singing a Helen Reddy song. You might be walking the dog and suddenly start singing “Delta…
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