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Happy Birthday and R-E-S-P-E-C-T to Aretha Franklin

Courtney Chesley — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 14:30:23 +0000

[Photo credits :: samwilkinson, itsmymusic!♫, Pan-African News Wire Photo File, Affendaddy]

Aretha Franklin’s voice has recorded 20 #1 singles on the Billboard R&B charts, earned 20 Grammys and has melted the soul of this twenty-something girl since birth. I can still hear that old, scratchy 45 of “Think” spinning it’s guts out on my parents’ turntable (Don’t even get me started on her love for wackado hats). Happy birthday and much love to the legendary Aretha Franklin.

Learn more about Aretha from the Biography Channel [via Hulu]

Same Old Tune

Courtney Chesley — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:00:22 +0000

Found by :: Guybob avital

A beautiful vintage find. The haunting faces in the side of this piece stare right back at you.

Louis, Revisited.

Courtney Chesley — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 16:10:41 +0000

Louis Armstrong’s music has the magical power to send me on an emotional rollercoaster. Lucky for us, a new edition of those tracks from the 1935-46 Decca recordings, mostly of his work with the big bands, has just been released by Mosaic.

Listen or read a review of the release over at NPR.
Jazz critic Kevin Whitehead reviews a new seven-disc set that chronicles the trumpeter’s big band performances. Mosaic restored and remastered each of the 166 tracks from Decca Records’ original recordings.