Philadelphia soul will always be remembered for the hits of the 1970’s; a lush, string-driven, hit-making sound that was probably more responsible for the birth of disco than any other […]
Category: Wax Wonders
Wax Wonders: Los Angeles, Part One
In terms of epicenters of great soul music, Los Angeles rarely enters the discussion. And while the city in the smog and sun didn’t produce the volume of influential work […]
Wax Wonders :: The Bob Seger System & The Last Heard
“East Side Story” (1966) isn’t Bob Seger’s debut record (that honor goes to the bizarre pro-war ” Ballad Of The Yellow Beret” – an opinion he soon reversed via a record we’ll hear in a […]
Wax Wonders :: Detroit Soul, Part 1
The amount of superb soul records (from the obscure to the massive hits) that were waxed in Detroit is a near bottomless well of greatness. Following the lead of Berry […]
Wax Wonders :: Blue Eyed Soul (Part 1)
By the 1960s, soul music began to influence musicians far beyond its African American roots, here in the States and, notably, across the pond. What started in the 1950s as […]
Wax Wonders :: Chicago Blues Finds Its Soul
Chicago style blues is a sound rooted in the deep South. Many bluesmen moved north to escape Jim Crow and to make a living working in the steel mills of […]
Wax Wonders: The Soul Of NOLA, Part 1
With its complex and rich history, New Orleans has long served as a hotbed of rhythm and blues, with the city’s musicians often adding an air of sophistication (i.e. jazz […]
Wax Wonders :: Chicago Soul, Part One
When soul music aficionados get together and start talking music, the inevitable question of preference between ‘Detroit vs Memphis’ almost always seems to arise, to which my response is ‘YES, […]