Features
Monday, July 28 2008
Part One: The Icons
With DETOURS, the PopMatters staff is celebrating the strange, bizarre, lovely, and funny albums that have emerged from an artist’s desire to try something different. Some of these detours have lead to modern-day classics. Some have lead to laugh-inducing commercial disasters. And others... others are just plain weird.
Reviews
Monday, February 21 2011
Cassandra Wilson: Silver Pony
The pazz/jop contralto’s latest—live and studio tracks mixed together with too little distinction.
Friday, October 28 2005
Stevie Wonder: A Time to Love
If you care about being cool, walk away now. We won't miss you.
Monday, January 20 2003
Stevie Wonder: Stevie Wonder: The Definitive Collection
It's a long-overdue retrospective of one of the most influential artists in pop music history.
Monday, December 16 2002
Stevie Wonder: Songs in the Key of Life
Songs in the Key of Life is the sprawling vision of a man whose sight has been rendered infinite by the power of love and faith.
Thursday, October 3 2002
Stevie Wonder: Where I'm Coming From
Personal, ambitious, sprawling, underrated: Where I'm Coming From still has its pleasures.
Blogs
Friday, August 12 2011
Counterbalance No. 46: Stevie Wonder’s 'Songs in the Key of Life'
Just as all is born is new, do know what I say is true—that Stevie Wonder's 1976 opus is next on Counterbalance. It’s the 46th most acclaimed album of all time. You can feel it all over!
Friday, July 15 2011
Counterbalance No. 42: Stevie Wonder’s 'Innervisions'
He’s been to, y'know, Paris, Beirut, y'know, I mean, uh, Iraq, Iran, Eurasia... y'know he speaks very, very, um fluent Spanish... He’s Stevie Wonder, and Counterbalance is looking at his 1973 landmark this week.
Tuesday, February 24 2009
"Zoom, I wish the world were truly happy": Barack and the blues
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.
News
Tuesday, September 4 2007
A moment with Stevie Wonder
He was due to call at about 1 p.m. About an hour after I had learned Stevie Wonder was immediately available -- and only immediately…
Thursday, August 23 2007
Stevie Wonder promises a fan-pleasing concert tour
Stevie Wonder doesn't need the money, that's for sure. Impressive bank account statements, however, haven't kept other rich stars from touring consistently throughout the years.…
