News Wily Bo Walker Weaves Jazz Throughout ‘Almost Transparent Blues’By Steven OvadiaAugust 13, 20180 Walker doesn’t just plow through songs, singing how he’s going to sing. Instead, he subtly shapes his voice to work with each song. It also helps that he performs with a talented band.
News Shemekia Copeland is ‘America’s Child’By JD NashAugust 13, 20180 What Shemekia Copeland does on ‘America’s Child’ is braid blues, folk, Americana, roots and soul, then bend them like a willow in the wind.
News ‘Queen of Soul’ Aretha Franklin Is ‘Gravely Ill’By Barry KerznerAugust 13, 20180 The Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin is reportedly hospitalized and gravely ill. She is surrounded by family and friends in her native Detroit.