At the hometown stop on his No Place Like Home tour, Jack Harlow unveiled two meaningful covers with special dedications to each. Harlow performed at the Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts’ Whitney Hall, accompanied by the Louisville Orchestra on November 29th. Continue reading »
Earlier this week, we wrote about Smith’s amazing 1969 Youngbloods cover “Let’s Get Together” for our The Best Covers of 1960s One Hit Wonders list. Now Smith is back with another cover!
Wait a second. Turns out, this is a different Smith. That other band broke up in 1971. This SMITH (all caps) is…well, it’s not quite clear. She has never revealed her name or her face, saying “I’m afraid it’ll take something from the art vs add to it.” We do know that she — whoever she is — has earned a Grammy-nomination for her writing and production for Jack Harlow’s album and become the first female artist to have a Billboard Top 40 charting song at Alternative Radio and Urban Radio. Continue reading »
You may listen to the gentle plucking when this begins and thing, boy that’s not what I expected from that band photo. Is this an acoustic flying V? Blacktop Mojo’s “My Girl” stays pretty and meditative for over half the run time, turning the oldies classic into a pretty folk-rock ballad. Eventually, though, true to that long-hair-and-leather image, the heads start banging and axes start shredding. Continue reading »
Sorry, Beyoncé; the biggest surprise release of the year might be Al Green’s sudden return after a decade away. Well, not totally away; he still conducts weekly services at his Memphis church and, when I attended, was liberally sprinkling quotes from “Love and Happiness” and “Take Me to the River” into his sermons. Best of all: This Freddy Fender cover sounds like Al hasn’t lost a step. It’s apparently a one-off, but hopefully recording it will whet his appetite to do more. Continue reading »