"Harding was born in Saginaw, MI and raised in Atlanta by his mother who was a touring gospel singer. Primarily a soul artist, his _slop 'n' soul_ style carries the influence of genres including blues, gospel, psychedelia, R&B, and rock. This song is from his 3rd (most recent) studio album -- wiki"
"Akiko Tsuruga is a jazz composer, Hammond B-3 organist and pianist from Osaka, Japan. She was born in Osaka. Her parents bought her a small organ when she was three and she started learning to play standards. In high school, she listened to Hammond B3 players including Jimmy Smith, then Charles Earland, Jack McDuff, Jimmy McGriff and Dr. Lonnie Smith (and she studied with Smith for a time). She's lived in NYC since 2001. = wiki"
"Manolis Anagnostakis was a Greek poet and critic (born in Thessaloniki) at the forefront of the Marxist and existentialist poetry movements arising during and after the Greek Civil War in the late 1940s. was imprisoned and sentenced to death for his ideas and was described as the
"Musica Bohemica is a Czech chamber ensemble with a tradition stretching back almost thirty years. It has 13 main member musicians, but can be enlarged so than the ensemble can make performances with more than 70 members, including the choir."
"Featuring Art Pepper on alto, Jimmy Guiffrre on bari sax. Paich is one of the great band arrangers of all time. As a musician and arranger he worked with jazz musicians Peggy Lee, Ella Fitzgerald, Stan Kenton, Art Pepper, Buddy Rich, Ray Brown, Shorty Rogers, Pete Rugolo, Ray Charles. He had a long association with Mel Torm
"While he's best known for his children's works,Silverstein's illustrations in the 50's were published in various newspapers and magazines, notably the adult-oriented Playboy. He also wrote a satirical, adult-oriented alphabet book, Uncle Shelby's ABZ Book, under the stylized name _Uncle Shelby_, which he used as an occasional pen name. He also has a significant musical output. He wrote the lyrics and music for most of the Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show songs on their first few albums, including _The Cover of _Rolling Stone__, _Freakin' at the Freakers' Ball,_ _Sylvia's Mother._ He wrote The Ballad of Lucy JOrdan, covered most notably, perhaps, by Marianne Faithful. "
"Featuring Peter Green. The songs on the album were recorded over three nights at the Boston Tea Party venue in Boston, between 5 and 7 February 1970.[3] The recordings were made for a proposed live album which was to have been released during 1970, but the project was shelved and the tapes remained unreleased until Shanghai Records issued seven songs from the performances as Live in Boston in February 1985"
"The Syn are an English band that were active from 1965 to 1967, and then reunited as a progressive rock band in 2004. The band was founded by Steve Nardelli, Chris Squire, Andrew Pryce Jackman, Martyn Adelman and John Painter."
"The Syn are an English band that were active from 1965 to 1967, and then reunited as a progressive rock band in 2004. The band was founded by Steve Nardelli, Chris Squire, Andrew Pryce Jackman, Martyn Adelman and John Painter."
"Hollywood actor Telly Savalas is best known for his iconic role in Kojak. Savalas held a degree in psychology and was a world-class poker player who finished 21st at the main event in the 1992 World Series of Poker and included in other little known facts, was his recording ambitions. THis is one of at least 5 (apparently) album releases by Savalas. He speaks, and he also sings (rather decently) (see link). "
"This turned out to be the biggest hit on this, Sly's 6th studio album. Sylvester Stewart was born in Dallas & moved the the Bay area in his late 20's. By 1964, Sylvester had become Sly Stone and a disc jockey for San Mateo, California located R&B radio station KSOL, where he included white performers such as The Beatles and The Rolling Stones in his playlists. In 1966, Stone and his brother Freddie joined bands they'd each formed into one unit, forming Sly and the Family Stone, a racially integrated, mixed-gender act."
"Tenor Saxophone – John Coltrane, Piano – Red Garland, Bass – Paul Chambers
Drums – Philly Joe Jones. Two sessions on 11 May 1956 and 26 October in the same year resulted in four albums—this one, Steamin' with the Miles Davis Quintet, Workin' with the Miles Davis Quintet and Cookin' with the Miles Davis Quintet. These four albums are considered to be among the best performances in the whole hard bop subgenre. - wiki"
Delys is an acclaimed radio producer/sound art maker from Australia. This is an exerpt from a longer piece (see link) she created after spending time in a children's hospital.
Joined in the live radio session by the John Aldiss Choir conducted by John Alldis and The Phillip Jones Brass Ensemble. Roger Waters joing the band in 1968 after Syd Barrett was forced out. He wrote the tune, and sings lead.
<…if only this cell could become as vast as a prairie, I'd fly off like a bird. I drank a glass of tea that scorched my heart first.> Tassili is the fifth album by the Tuareg-Berber band Tinariwen, recorded in Tassili n'Ajjer, an Algerian national park in 2011. It won in the Best World Music Album Grammy in 2012 -wiki
Healers of the Shipibo tribe in the Amazon often use traditional icaros healing songs to facilitate spiritual and therapeutic healing during ayahuasca ceremonies. Using the 'icaro' means 'charging' an object or potion with the power of the shaman, conferring upon it a specific property to be transmitted to the recipient, be it purification, protection, curing, harm or influence over the will-power. What is important is that the curandero feels and shares the spirit of the icaro. If he really identifies with his icaro he will know when, how and with whom to use it. - Dr. Rosa Giove, Takiwasi Center
In addition to her singing and picking, Hinton (1929-2018) was a great dancer. Her style some called buck-dancing, others call it flat-footing, and others just call it tap (see link). < Algia Mae is a great example of what is called in and throughout the African diaspora, ‘Original Joe.’ This is an innovative character who survives and creates anew under all circumstances.> -- Taj Mahal
Crain is a Choctaw Nation musician, producer, songwriter & singer, born and raised in Shawnee, Oklahoma. As a child and teenager, Crain competed in powerlifting. She taught herself to play guitar and wrote songs based on her short stories the summer before her senior year at Dale High School. This is her 4th studio album, recorded in San Francisco. Sterlin Harjo (Muscogee/Creek) produced a short doc of Samantha as a part of the production Localore: Finding America (see link), which is how I first came into contact with her. She is now one of the artists featured on the soundtrack of Harjo's _Reservation Dogs_, a breakout hit on Hulu.
