Recorded at Ardent Studios in Memphis, Hot Buttered Soul was as revolutionary for soul music as anything by James Brown, Sly Stone or George Clinton. ...
WILL HERMES - 18.08.2009
"Good God!" writes My Morning Jacket's Jim James in the new liner notes for this musk-and-weed-scented 1969 LP. "Life and love and music and all of hu...
Pasquale Iannone - 21.07.2009
If audiences in 1969 were used to LPs built around 3-minute hit singles, the musical landscape of 2009 is one of dwindling record sales and endlessly ...
Nate Patrin - 29.06.2009
Think about how crazy this is for a moment: Stax loses Otis Redding and the Bar-Kays to a plane crash and the rights to their back catalog (and, later...
Greg Barbrick - 23.06.2009
Isaac Hayes’ classic Hot Buttered Soul was originally released in 1969. It remains one of the most original and successful R&B albums ever recorded. J...