Greenwich Village was a hotbed of folk talent in the early 60’s. The concert halls, bars, and cafes of Greenwich Village were the starting points for artists like like Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Peter, Paul, and Mary, Simon and Garfunkel, Richie Havens, Nina Simone, and Joni Mitchell. Given the profusion of talent that existed in Greenwich Village in the…
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THROWBACK THURSDAY: “Gimme Little Sign” – Brenton Wood
Brenton Wood was a soul singer back in the 1960s. Wood didn’t have the most prolific of careers, he only had two hit singles and a handful of albums, but the single he became known for is a classic. “Gimme Little Sign” was released in 1967 and reached #9 on the US pop charts and #8 in…
FEATURED PLAYLIST: 25 Songs That Will Take You Back In Time
As consumers of music, it is easy to get caught up in the desire to hear the next big thing. We want to feel like we are in touch with the world around us, and we want to to experience the excitement of discovering something new. Getting caught up in new musical trends is fun…
THROWBACK THURSDAY: “I Wish I Knew How it Would Feel to be Free” – Nina Simone
Nina Simon was a tormented genius who was constantly at war with depression and her inner demons. These demons were in part the product of unhealthy relationships and the pressures of stardom, but they also had their roots in the racial tensions and violence that permeated American society. Simone’s experiences as a black girl in North…
TWO WEEK REVIEW: JUNE 25th to July 5th
It’s been a hell of a two weeks. The women’s national team won the World Cup in stunning fashion; Greece has been wading in the Rubicon and is facing almost certain economic collapse; the Supreme Court ruled in favor of gay marriage; and the tragedy at Emanuel AME in SC has catalyzed widespread protest against symbols…
THROWBACK THURSDAY: “Sugar and Spice” – The Searchers
The Searchers were a British beat group that rose to prominence in the early 60s. The band got their start playing skiffle music. Skiffle was a British musical genre inspired by New Orleans jazz and southern blues; skiffle players often built their own instruments (imagine washboards and basses made out of a tub and string),…
WORLDWIDE WEDNESDAY: “Better Must Come” – Delroy Wilson
Delroy Wilson was raised in Jamaica’s most renowned slum: Trench Town. Music quickly became Wilson’s ticket out of the ghetto, and by the age of 12 he was already turning heads at local talent competitions. But Wilson wasn’t just a talented kid, he was a child prodigy. Within a year Wilson was already working with one of the…
THE VAULT: “WINDY” – THE ASSOCIATION
The picture above may seem like an awkward segue into a discussion of 60’s pop rock. I can assure you though, it is completely logical. Over the last couple months I have been embarrassingly obsessed with the AMC television show Breaking Bad. One of the episodes opens with a scene of a prostituting meth head named…
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