Articles tagged "otis redding"

Sound Affects

Good Grief: Pop, Dialogue and Detroit Natives

by Diepiriye Kuku

[24.Mar.09] :. Indeed, a people who feel unloved are capable of anything. A people who feel loved are capable of everything.

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“Zoom, I wish the world were truly happy”: Barack and the blues

by Diepiriye Kuku

[24.Feb.09] :. In Grant park on the night of America’s victory in November 2008, Barack opened with: "It's been a long time coming, but tonight, because of what we did on this date in this election at this defining moment, change has come to America." It is my sincere hope that readers don’t miss that. Barack has a deep and personal understanding of this unique and complex American history. A cool, smooth, blues man has come to lead the nation.

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Music DVD Review

Otis Redding: Respect Live 1967

by Bob Proehl

[24.Feb.09] :. If Sam Cooke’s style is defined by a sort of grace and smoothness, Otis Redding’s feels more like that of a great force held in check, threatening to break loose.

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Otis Redding: Live in London and Paris

by Zeth Lundy

[26.Sep.08] :. Commercially issued in their entirety for the first time, these live sets from March 1967 show Redding and Booker T. & the MGs at their incendiary best.

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Otis Redding: Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul

by Claudrena N. Harold

[2.May.08] :. Essential listening for anyone interested in the artistic and emotional depth of American popular music, Redding’s Otis Blue is nothing short of spectacular.

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Otis Redding: Dreams To Remember [DVD]

by Matthew A. Stern

[4.Oct.07] :. Dreams to Remember: The Legacy of Otis Redding adds a personal, heartwarming touch to what is now oft' told musical lore.

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Fabled soul-music label gets 50th anniversary relaunch

by Chris Riemenschneider [Star Tribune (Minneapolis) (MCT)]

[30.Jul.07] :. By the time Otis Redding gets to the first “you-oooo” in “I’ve Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now),” you know it’s there. You can feel it anytime those first...

 

Soulsville (2003)

by Jonathan Kiefer

[1.May.03] :. Director Bob Sarles has an aficionado's affection for these musicians, and he lets them speak and sing and play for themselves.