Tuesday, October 25 2011
All That Glitters: Led Zeppelin - “Rock and Roll”
In the hands of a force like Led Zeppelin, a tribute to the golden age of rock music will inevitably sound thoroughly '70s -- wantonly libidinous and bone-crushingly heavy.
Friday, November 12 2010
Jimi Hendrix, the Patron Saint of Alt-Blackness
Forty years after his death, Jimi Hendrix looms larger - and deeper - than ever within the black cultural pantheon. Even though he wasn't really 'black'.
Friday, March 5 2010
Electric Purgatory: The Fate of the Black Rocker
Little Richard once proclaimed that "rhythm-and-blues had a baby", and their offspring was rock 'n' roll.
Thursday, March 26 2009
Little Richard Live at the Toronto Peace Festival, 1969
This brief documentary by legendary rock ’n’ roll verité artist D.A. Pennebaker provides a glimpse of a '50s firebrand’s re-emergence as a novelty act amid the final days of a decade he helped to create, but in which he had played almost no role.
Tuesday, December 9 2008
Little Richard: The Very Best of Little Richard
Little Richard's Specialty hits stand the test of time, but the rarities in this package do not.
Friday, August 1 2008
Esquerita: The Other Originator of Rock ‘n’ Roll Camp
This ultimate "odd man out" -- homosexual, black, bizarre-looking, crazy-behaving, and even crazier-playing rocker -- was pushed into the shadows beyond the bright lights of Little Richard.
Thursday, September 7 2006
Celebrity Duets
As Michael Bolton oozed across the floor, my interest began to go south faster than a carpetbagger on roller skates.
