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Category Archives: Music
Richie Havens (Jan 1941 – April 2013)
A beautiful voice and rare man.
Aretha Franklin
It’s the Queen of Soul’s birthday today, so here she is covering Stephen Stills’ Love The One You’re With, from Live at Fillmore West (1971), one of the great live soul recordings; edged out, arguably, only by Otis Redding’s Live in Europe (1967). Anyway…
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Tagged 1971, Aretha Franklin, Live at Fillmore West, Live Music, Music, Otis Redding, Queen of Soul, Soul
Happy birthday Nina Simone
Posted in Music
Tagged Backlash Blues, Blues, Civil Rights, Jazz, Live Blues, Live Jazz, Live Music, Music, Nina SImone
Billie Holiday, 1958
“Somebody once said we never know what is enough until we know what’s more than enough” – Billie Holiday
(Photographed at the d’Orly airport, Paris, by Jean-Pierre Leloir)
Posted in Music, Photography, Quotes
Tagged Billie Holiday, Blues, Jazz, Jean-Pierre Leloir, Music, Paris, Quotes, Soul




