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Cecil Womack, 1947-2013

Obituary by John Lewis, The Guardian, 5 February 2013

CECIL WOMACK, who has died aged 65, saw his role as one of R&B's backroom boys — a songwriter, producer, arranger and session singer for ...

Eddie Hinton, Frankie Miller: Eddie Hinton: Very Extremely Dangerous (Capricorn)

Review by Joe McEwen, The Village Voice, 3 July 1978

Blue-Eyed Soul ...

Solomon Burke: King Solomon

Interview by Chris Bourke, Real Groove, July 2002

WHEN SOLOMON BURKE makes an entrance, it's obvious that royalty has arrived. I once witnessed the self-proclaimed King of Rock'n'Soul take the stage. It was ...

Sly & The Family Stone: There's A Riot Goin' On

Review by David Stubbs, Uncut, April 2003

THE COVER SAYS it all. An American flag, the stars replaced by white flowers on a black backdrop, the stripes soiled by a brown stain, ...

Ronnie Spector: Cleveland International Records: Ronnie Spector Breaks Cleveland!

Report and Interview by Marty Cerf, Phonograph Record, April 1977

CLEVELAND — It's a freezing night in mid-February for this city that knows no excess in terms of its insatiable hunger for pop. Indisputably, this ...

David Ruffin: Ruffin Walks Back

Interview by Harvey Kubernik, Melody Maker, 21 February 1976

"I ALWAYS believed and prayed that I could express myself and be understood. By having a hit single, a lot of people are hearing me ...

Joe Tex: The Gut Feeling For A Hit

Interview by John Abbey, Blues & Soul, 20 June 1978

Joe stays close to the streets and the people who buy the records. Thus, he has a good instinct for what's a likely hit and ...

Millie Jackson rings the changes

Interview by John Abbey, Blues & Soul, 18 July 1978

Millie's new album is far more uptempo than any album she's ever done. Ironically, the track that most people are picking up on is a ...

D.J. Rogers: Songs Of Love And Hope...

Interview by David Nathan, Blues & Soul, 17 February 1976

A young man whose West Coast reputation is spreading fast. ...

Marvin Gaye: Trouble Man: Marvin Gaye 1939-1984

Report by Michael Goldberg, Rolling Stone, 10 May 1984

Long before the shooting, Marvin Gaye's life had become a nightmare of drugs, debts and family discord ...

Joe Simon, Bill Justis, Roscoe Shelton, Ella Washington: Echoes: John Richbourg — Southern Soul Man

Retrospective and Interview by Bill Millar, Let It Rock, April 1975

Producer and DJ John Richbourg has been involved with the careers of Bobby Hebb, Joe Simon and many more. ...

Loleatta Holloway: No More Free Samples

Interview by David Nathan, Blues & Soul, 30 June 1992

Having been sampled to distraction by all and sundry and having suffered her fair share of rip offs, Loleatta Holloway is back with a new ...

Womack and Womack: Womack & Womack: Soul Dispatches & Gospel Truths From The Funky Front Of Love Wars

Interview by J.D. Considine, Musician, May 1984

CECIL AND Linda Womack are sitting on a couch in their home near Philadelphia while Micah, their youngest, plays with a pull-toy on the floor. ...

Lewis Taylor: Soul Enigma: Lewis Taylor Comes to America

Report and Interview by Mark Anthony Neal, PopMatters, 8 February 2006

FOR MUCH OF THE LAST DECADE, arguably the most brilliant R&B artist of this generation has toiled in relative obscurity in Britain. ...

Chaka Khan, Rufus: The B&S Hall of Fame: Rufus & Chaka Khan

Retrospective by David Nathan, Blues & Soul, 5 May 1992

"I've been to hell and back... in a limousine!" (Chaka Khan) ...

Nelson George: Soul Destroyer

Interview by Paolo Hewitt, New Musical Express, 14 January 1989

As a columnist for Billboard and The Village Voice, Nelson George has been America's most incisive commentator on the changing face of black music culture. ...

Raydio: Tune in to Raydio

Interview by David Nathan, Blues & Soul, 23 May 1978

One of the biggest records of 1978 belongs to a new group known simply as Raydio. With 'Jack & Jill' topping charts across both sides ...

Terence Trent D'Arby: Madman or Genius?

Interview by Sylvia Patterson, Smash Hits, 17 June 1987

"Em, both probably," pipes Sylvia Patterson ...

Sam Cooke: The Soul Stirrer: Sam Cooke

Retrospective by Barney Hoskyns, MOJO, January 1995

FEW ENTERTAINERS have fallen quite so far from grace as Sam Cooke did when he died, 30 years ago, at the Hacienda Motel in south-central ...

Sly & the Family Stone: On The Record: Sly & the Family Stone

Book Excerpt by Joel Selvin, Simon & Schuster, July 1997

Introduction & Voices ...