Bobby Womack

Brooklyn country singer Dougie Poole just released his excellent third album, The Rainbow Wheel of Death, today and he’ll be on tour in April.

Late soul legend Bobby Womack’s 1984 song “American Dream,” which uses part of Martin Luther King Jr’s 1961 speech of the same name, feels as relevant now as it did 36 years ago.

Back in 2004, Pitchfork published their Top 100 Albums of the 1970s list, and today they’ve returned with the 200 Best Songs of the 1970s. Some of the artists who didn’t make the cut on the albums list are now here, like Black Sabbath, Grateful Dead, Bruce Springsteen, Patti Smith…

Bobby Womack @ The Apple Store in 2012 (more by Dana (distortion) Yavin) Though diagnozed with early Alzheimer’s in the beginning of 2013, legendary soul singer Bobby Womack was far from inactive…

The annual Bumbershoot Festival returns in 2014 to Seattle’s Seattle Center from August 30 to September 1. The lineup was just announced and includes The Replacements, Wu-Tang Clan, Elvis Costello, Schoolboy Q, Afghan Whigs, The Dismemberment Plan, Nada Surf, Bobby Womack, Danny Brown, Mac DeMarco, Twin Shadow, Big Freedia, Jonathan Richman, Mission of Burma, The Dream Syndicate and man…

Bonnaroo 2013 (more by Katherine Hansen) As mentioned, Bonnaroo 2014 happens June 12 – 15 in Manchester, TN. The fest has already been dropping hints as to who’s going to play this year (Kanye and Elton John seem likely as headliners) but will finally spill the beans tonight via a web show called “Blam…

The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival is returning this year for two weekends, April 25-27 and May 1-4, at the Fair Grounds Race Course…

Classic soul singing is, among countless other things, the art of the interjection. “Whoo!” “Mmmmm.” “Ohhhhhh.” “HahahaHA!” “Owww.” “Yeah, yeah…

Bobby Womack @ BCOPA Fest 2012 (more by Zach Pollack) R&B legend Bobby Womack, who released the terrific The Bravest Man In The Universe (produced in part by Damon Albarn) last year, will be back in NYC for a three night stint at City Winery from December 20 – 22…

Tim Kasher @ Schubas, August 2011 (more by Ben Rodig) today in Chicago * The English Beat @ SPACE * Tim Kasher, Brighton MA @ Schubas * The Oarsman @ Ethnomusikology Studios * Stars, Milo Greene, Said the Whale @ Metro * Chandeliers, Shapers, Deep Sleep @ Hideout * Frightened Rabbit, The Twilight Sad @ the Riv * Zelienople, Radere, Scott Cortez @ The Burlington * The Orwells, Twin Peaks, The Funs @ Beat Kitchen * Javelin, Raleigh Moncrief, Jamaican Queens @ Empty Bottle * Big Dipper, Sunken Ships, Post Honeymoon @ Bottom Lounge * Alejandro Escovedo @ Old Town School of Folk Music (Early & Late Shows) Tim Kasher and Brighton MA play a sold-out show at Schubas tonight…