Living Colour played Tiny Desk as part of their Black Music Month lineup. The band performed a five-song set and proved to have the same musical octane they had almost four decades ago. They came in at full throttle with “Cult of Personality” and celebrated 35 years of Time’s UpContinue Reading
Watch Fishbone’s video for “Last Call In America” featuring George Clinton. The single is a critique of Trump’s America sandwiched in between their ska-based swag. “Last Call In America” is on their forthcoming album, Stockholm Syndrome. The Fishbone EP came out in 2023 and the last full-length album was StillContinue Reading
Sister Rosetta Tharpe recorded “Up Above My Head” with Marie Knight in 1947 for Decca Records. The traditional gospel song was first recorded by the Gospel Sons in 1941 but Tharpe and Knight’s version is the most known. Their rendition reached number 6 on the Billboard Race Records chart inContinue Reading
Fats Domino covered “Blueberry Hill” in 1956 after hearing Louis Armstrong’s version. Sammy Kaye and The Glenn Miller Orchestra also had recordings of “Blueberry Hill,” but it was hearing his fellow New Orleans’ native that convinced Domino to give the song his treatment. He had already asserted himself as oneContinue Reading