Articles tagged "robert gordon"

Column: Negritude 2.0

Retelling the History of Black Music: The Beautiful Music All Around John Work III

by Mark Reynolds

[8.Aug.08] :. Work recorded the soundtrack of people’s lives, and captured the earliest stirrings of much of the music we’ve enjoyed since World War II.

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Music Review

Robert Gordon and Chris Spedding featuring the Jordanaires: The King and I

by Steve Horowitz

[30.Jul.07] :. The world needs another Elvis record, even if it's not by the King himself, to remind us of the magic that the human voice and a guitar can create.

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Film Review

It Came From Beneath the Sea (1955)

by Mike Ward

[5.May.03] :. The mind of man had thought of everything -- except that which was beyond his comprehension!"

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Books Review

Can’t Be Satisfied. The Life and Times of Muddy Waters by Robert Gordon

by David Sanjek

[27.Jun.02] :. Gordon brings to his subject a fan's admiration for the music without abandoning a historian's dedication to detail. His language is rich and evocative, particularly when he conjures up the sound of one of Muddy's most famous works.

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