Jazzbo, song interpreter, auteur, bandleader. Two curios culled from Bob Azzam & His Orchestra’s 1968 New Sounds LP. Working in multiple genres, in multiple languages and in multiple styles, Azzam was nothing if not a […]
Month: June 2012
Bill Deal & The Rhondels :: Hey Bulldog (1970 Beatles Cover)
Dig this, you know you wanna. Straight out of Virginia Beach, Bill Deal & The Rhondels 1970 cover of Lennon/McCartney’s “Hey Bulldog”. The fabs…this is not. MP3: Bill Deal & The Rhondels :: Hey Bulldog Only the good […]
Black Velvet :: Is It Me You Really Love?
Ease back. Vintage slice of smooth courtesy of the teenage female vocal trio, Black Velvet. A serious mix of sweet soul vocals juxtaposed with a decidedly funky backing track. Originally […]
Bobby Womack :: The Bravest Man In The Universe
When Damon Albarn solicited soul legend Bobby Womack to perform on Gorillaz’s 2010 album Plastic Beach, it became the start of something more than just those couple of tracks and […]
Clifton’s Corner :: Volume 14
(Volume 14 of Clifton’s Corner . Every other week on the blog Clifton Weaver, aka DJ Soft Touch , shares some of his favorite spins, old and new, in the worlds of soul, r&b, funk […]
Bob Welch :: (August 31, 1945 — June 7, 2012)
“I don’t know if you’ve been to Paris, but this song was written in Paris in the midst of 1970, which was a bad year for just about everything,” Bob Welch said […]
SIRIUS/XMU :: Aquarium Drunkard Show (Noon EST, Channel 35)
Our weekly two hour show on SIRIUS/XMU , channel 35, can be heard twice, every Friday — Noon EST with an encore broadcast at Midnight EST. SIRIUS 248: Jean Michel Bernard […]
The Staple Singers :: Wade In The Water (Live, 1968)
First families of American music? While a number come immediately to mind, none more so than the Carter Family and Staples Singers . Truly lasting pillars did they build. I spent part of Sunday […]
Kukumbas :: Respect
I was hipped to this a few years back via a compilation released under the name Psych-Funk 101: 1968-1975 A Global Psychedelic Funk Curriculum. It immediately reminded me of latter-era Meters, had the Meters hailed from Lagos, Nigeria […]
Alejandro Escovedo :: The AD Interview
Alejandro Escovedo . In addition to having a serious wealth of music knowledge and songwriting chops, the one-time No Depression Artist of the Decade is also one of the most approachable, friendly […]
Witch :: We Intend To Cause Havoc (Boxset) – Now Again Records
File under: Zambia’s 70s “Zamrock.” Now-Again Records ongoing African reissue series continues. In the Fall of 2010 the label released Witch’s Introduction , the band’s self-produced nine track debut – a fuzz-laden garage […]
Japandroids :: Celebration Rock
Allow me to add my hoarse and obscure voice to the hosannas: Celebration Rock , the second full-length by Vancouver’s Japandroids, is an instant classic, full of prickly angst and unbridled joy […]
The Walkmen :: Heaven
It’s getting to where the appearance of a new Walkmen record is a quiet, intimate event. Heaven , like Lisbon and You & Me before it, has shown up like a […]
Sevens :: Jeremy Benson, The Ones You Love
( Sevens , a recurring feature on Aquarium Drunkard, pays tribute to the art of the individual song.) When recommending an album, or even just trying to describe one, people often […]
Part Time Punks: Shoegaze Festival, Los Angeles
Sunday June 24, Part Time Punks will host L.A.’s first-ever music festival showcasing artists that defined, contributed to or were inspired by a short-lived sub-genre explosion of alternative rock dubbed “Shoegaze”. The general […]