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Like a Fire - My first exposure to Solomon Burke was through a tune from the classic, essential Stax holiday record The Original Soul Christmas, which included his performance of "Presents for Everybody." Boisterous and jubilant, seemingly igniting the Christmas spirit in the studio with the sheer force of his voice, the song is...

Famous Pals Lift New Solomon Burke Album - Soul legend Solomon Burke says there's no great secret for getting major artists to write songs for his albums. "You call friends and say, 'Do you have a song for Ol' Solomon Burke?' " the singer and ordained minister tells Billboard.com with a laugh. And it worked like a charm for...

Otis Redding : Live on the Sunset Strip -

One would be hard pressed to find a better live soul album than Otis Redding’s In Person at the Whisky a Go Go, a stellar document of the R&B legend’s intimate four-night stand at the famed Los Angeles nightclub on Easter weekend in1966, originally released on ATCO Records a year...

REVIEW: Al Green, Palais Theatre, Melbourne, January 14, 2009 -

Al Green was one of those acts I never expected to see in Australia mainly because at 66-years of age you would have thought if he would have wanted to come here he would have already been.

After all these years, the Rev. Al Green has finally made his pilgrimage to...

Aretha Franklin - Young, Gifted and Black -

Young, Gifted and Black is a remarkable album, finding Aretha Franklin at the peak of her powers. It appeared chronologically between her two groundbreaking live records �" Live at Fillmore West, which celebrated her acceptance by the rock audience, and Amazing Grace, which placed her at the heart of her...

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