Archive for February 3rd, 2015

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Pops Staples, “Friendship” from Don’t Lose This (2015): One Track Mind

The Staple Singers’ stirring sense of community comes through in every line of “Friendship” from patriarch Pops Staples’ forthcoming posthumous album.

Anthony Phillips Reissue Expands Post-Genesis Debut Album ‘Geese and the Ghost’

Anthony Phillips Reissue Expands Post-Genesis Debut Album ‘Geese and the Ghost’

Having originally left because he wasn’t interested in Genesis’ ever-more-aggressive touring schedule, Anthony Phillips remains steadfastly solo.

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Steve Cropper’s research into then-unknown Wilson Pickett sparked his initial hit: ‘I found some gospel songs’

Steve Cropper inadvertantly discovered the seeds of Wilson Pickett’s breakthrough song while trying to figure out just who Pickett was.