90th Birthday

Funk Soul 

There It Is: James Brown at 90

May 3, 2023May 3, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments 90th Birthday, Bernard Odum, Clyde Stubblefield, Fred Wesley, funk, James Brown, Jimmy Nolen, Maceo Parker, Pee-Wee Ellis, Tame Impala, The Boo Radleys, The Godfather of Soul, The Joe Perry Project, Thundercat

Despite his foibles, the Godfather of Soul’s music very much still matters

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Country and/or Western 

Tougher Than Leather: Willie Nelson Turns 90

April 29, 2023April 29, 2023 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 90th Birthday, Buddy Cannon, Country Music, Crazy, Patsy Cline, Texas, Willie Nelson

Reflections on an American treasure

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Country and/or Western Remembrance 

He Heard The Train A-Comin’: Johnny Cash at 90

February 26, 2022February 26, 2022 Jim Sullivan 1 Comment 90th Birthday, American Recordings, Country Music, Johnny Cash, June Carter Cash, Marty Stuart, Shel Silverstein, The Man In Black

Looking back on the one-of-a-kind career of The Man In Black

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jazz 

LISTEN: Sonny Rollins is 90!

September 7, 2020September 7, 2020 Ron Hart 0 Comments 90th Birthday, Art Blakey, Blue Note, Clifford Brown, Impulse! Records, Jazz, John Coltrane, Max Roach, Miles Davis, Prestige Records, RCA Victor, Sonny Rollins, Thelonious Monk

Digging into the best of the Saxophone Colossus from 1953 to 1966

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