In the 20th century, a wonderful thing happened to American poetry. The recordings of musical troubadours, a singer of vernacular poetry, became very important to…
American Troubadour: Charles Bradley, Charles Caldwell, RL Burnside
Tag: soul
The Heart Speaks In Songs
Corinne Bailey Rae’s new album The Heart Speaks In Whispers belongs to a crop of what we may call artistry devoid of “collective era”; it…
the green and gold: an incredible song of Jamaican diaspora
It’s always hard to know exactly what a musician means by a song at first listen, unless if the musician in question has explained the…
Ntjam Rosie Grounded in Jazz, Soul, and Pop
Ntjam Rosie The One (Gentle Daze Records, 2015) Cameroonian singer-songwriter Ntjam Rosie is one of the rising talents in the European neosoul scene. Gifted with…