Solomon Burke

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Soul men

Hucknall, Hunter, and Burke
Classic soul music’s timelessness has come again.
By TED DROZDOWSKI | June 03, 2008

The Wire: And All the Pieces that Matter

Nonesuch
The Wire is over, but the five-season drama lives on in the unforgettable characters and in this simmering HBO collection.
By CLEA SIMON | March 12, 2008

Country legend Porter Wagoner delivers a gem
“Eleven Cent Cotton” is a great country song, a wry, catchy, energetic, swinging two-step that creates a tableau of the bygone rural South.
By TED DROZDOWSKI | June 04, 2007

American classic

Charlie Louvin returns
How old-school is Country Music Hall of Famer Charlie Louvin?
By TED DROZDOWSKI | March 06, 2007

Nashville underground

There’s more to the Music City than Alan Jackson and Toby Keith
Solomon Burke’s no stranger to Nashville. Music city dos: Where to go in Nashville. By Ted Drozdowski
By TED DROZDOWSKI | January 24, 2007

Live To Tell

A year in blues
Two-thousand-six was a black year for blues.
By TED DROZDOWSKI | December 20, 2006

Get ’em while they’re hot!

The Patrons carry on Boston’s country-rock tradition
I’ll admit, my country-music credentials are piss-poor, but the first time I heard the Patrons album All That Is Tied , I liked it because I thought it was good country music. The Patrons, "Didn't Love You Anyway (mp3)
By JON GARELICK | August 01, 2006

Teo Leyasmeyer, 1947–2006

In memoriam
Teo Leyasmeyer, who died last Tuesday at the age of 59 from liver cancer, was a special kind of local hero.
By JON GARELICK | May 25, 2006

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