During the seven years of my youth in Germany, I don’t think I heard a single note of music from my adopted country. The year I left school that changed. (more…)

Marlena Shaw’s spellbinding live version of Woman Of The Ghetto from 1974 transforms a tribute to African-American women into a civil rights anthem.

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I’m posting this to sum up the wettest May in memory – in the hope that the act of doing so I will immediately banish the never-ending deluge. (more…)

Barry White’s only chart-topping single started life as a country-and-western tune before he gave it a disco makeover. (more…)

There was a time in the early Seventies when the “power trio” was a Thing. All the better to showcase a virtuoso guitarist with blue tendencies by backing him with a brutal rhythm section. (more…)

Mellow grooves don’t come much mellower – or groovier – than this soulful slice of pub rock that gave Ace their one and only hit in late 1974. (more…)

When we think of Brian Eno we usually think of the cerebral egghead who makes ambient soundtracks, or maybe the Glam guy from Roxy Music.
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While I was on an instrumental soul and funk tip with The JBs, I began exploring the interweb for new discoveries in that vein. And I came across Oliver Sain. (more…)

This was the last hit for The Faces, in December 1974, continuing their tradition of marking the festive season by releasing singles that had nothing to do with Christmas. (more…)

As soon as the sumptuous opening strains of this Philly classic begin, you know you’re in for something smooth and soulful.  Even so, nothing quite prepares you for the sweet sound of Eddie Holman’s soaring falsetto. (more…)