Along with Mütiilation’s “My Way,” Vondur’s “Love Me Tender” arguably ranks among the most amusing black metal covers of all time. Vondur’s take on Elvis Presley ironically epitomizes the very essence ...
Mahalia Jackson, Shirley Caesar and Thomas Dorsey were a few of the titans of Black gospel music, which flourished in the 1920s and '30s. Its faith roots are well-known but with lyrics imbued with ...
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"Big Freedia Means Business" is back for Season 2 and this time we'll follow Big Freedia as she embarks on her first gospel music album. Despite criticism and skepticism from her team, Freedia accepts ...
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During his first years in Chicago, his companion musician was often Tampa Red with whom he formed “The Hokum Boys,” which had ...
Nick Cave discusses his new album, 'Wild God,' as well as the influences Elvis Presley, Kris Kristofferson, and Anita Lane have had on him.
and a refreshing thematic focus on Black gospel music. Speaking of the Lobero, I ran into ever-affable MJF regulars David Asbell and his wife Denise Dannemiller at the set by Don Was’ Pan-Detroit ...
In 1968, Gram Parsons of The Byrds befriended Mick Jagger and Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones and introduced them to many country songs. Phil Kaufman, a road manager, recounted how Parsons and ...
Timbaland believes he’s got a banger on his hands after transforming a snippet of Chrisean Rock’s “hood gospel” clip into a song.
When conceiving his introspective album, A Lovely View of Heaven, a heartfelt tribute to the musical legacy of Jerry Garcia ...
The Legacy of Gospel Music in Louisville” chronicles and catalogs the gospel music being created in the city in 50s, 60s and 70s. It will be released this weekend.