In a Blue Mood

This installment of Take 5 is a short playlist of Esther Phillips. Esther Phillips had a remarkable career starting with her first recording...

One of my friends, who may be on the Blues Foundation's Hall of Fame Committee, inquired about my suggestions of folks to be considere...

Others have written obituaries about the late Johnny Otis. One of the best ones appeared in the New York Times and Marc Myers at his blog,...

This is the second part of my consideration of the neglected Atlantic and Kudu Records of Esther Phillips. The first part was yesterday. ...

With a career spanning five decades, Esther Phillips left an impressive legacy of music. She is of course known as a blues singer from her e...

Johnny Otis The Johnny Otis Show Live At Monterey (Epic / Legacy) This compact disc reissue of Johnny Otis rhythm and blues spectacul...

King of the Queen City: The Story of King Records Jon Hartley Fox University of Illinois Press (280 pages, 23 photographs) This writer have ...

Ace (UK)’s new anthology of rocking females blues and R&B from the forties and fifties, “Blue Belles With Attitude,” makes available 28 ...

The introduction speaks for itself even if this is lip synced.

Its been several weeks since a giant in the world of photography passed. Memphis photographer Ernest Withers was best known for his document...