JOHN PAUL KEITH: THE RHYTHM OF MEMPHIS
When John Paul Keith moved to Memphis, he had no idea how far down the city’s deeper-than-deep well of music, creativity and inspiration...
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By Alan Richard
- May 12, 2021
- 8 min
OH, MERCY! MEET DEVON GILFILLIAN
Soul singer Devon Gilfillian hit the streets last year with thousands of his Nashville neighbors to protest police brutality after George...
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By Alan Richard
- Apr 23, 2021
- 10 min
Rick Holmstrom: SEEING THE LIGHT
Rick Holmstrom’s chiming, cutting, blistering guitar is like a duet partner on many of Mavis Staples’ recordings over the past two...
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By Alan Richard
- Apr 19, 2021
- 12 min
MATT ROLLINGS' MUSICAL MOSAIC
If you’ve listened to music from the past 25 years, you’ve likely heard Matt Rollings’ stylish and soulful piano, his pristine work as a...
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By Alan Richard
- Mar 27, 2021
- 8 min
KYSHONA WANTS US ALL TO 'LISTEN'
As Nashville singer-songwriter Kyshona Armstrong begins touring again, she won’t quite be the same dynamic singer as before. She won’t be...
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By Alan Richard
- Mar 18, 2021
- 8 min
KELSEY WALDON'S FREEDOM SONGS
Kelsey Waldon was on a tour of the world, singing songs from her first album for John Prine’s record label, 2019's White Noise, White...
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By Alan Richard
- Feb 26, 2021
- 1 min
NEW MUSEUM LIKE 'A RIVER OF SONG'
The new National Museum of African American Music recently opened in Nashville, just across the street from the Ryman Auditorium. Check...
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By Alan Richard
- Jan 12, 2021
- 10 min
Barry Gibb: COUNTRY-SOUL MELODY
Barry Gibb has come full circle. From the folk-rock trio with his brothers to adapting Philadelphia soul into the Bee Gees’ distinctive...
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By Alan Richard
- Dec 31, 2020
- 6 min
OUR FAVORITE MUSIC OF 2020
Welcome to SoulCountry’s first-ever “favorites” list. There was so much unforgettable music made in 2020 that'll stay with us long after...
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By Alan Richard
- Dec 27, 2020
- 2 min
MEMPHIS' SACRED SOUL REVIVAL
MEMPHIS — Inside a restored Memphis brownstone dating to the 1860s, Pastor Juan D. Shipp danced and pointed through the studio window as...
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By Alan Richard
- Dec 19, 2020
- 9 min
RISSI PALMER'S COLOR OF COUNTRY
Had Rissi Palmer not become one of a handful of Black women ever to make Billboard magazine’s country-music charts, perform on the Grand...
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By Alan Richard
- Aug 8, 2020
- 8 min
DeLila Black's Country-Punk Vision
In a little club in London, DeLila Black marches on stage in a dark, honky-tonk western shirt, slacks with an oversized belt-buckle, and...
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By Alan Richard
- Jul 5, 2020
- 10 min
THE GOSPEL OF STAX
LEGENDARY LABEL RE-RELEASES LOST CLASSICS, WITH HELP FROM MEMPHIS WRITER In the early 1970s, Stax Records already was known for soul...
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By Alan Richard
- Jun 21, 2020
- 9 min
SOUL MUSIC and CIVIL RIGHTS
HOW 1960S AND 70S SOUL IS STILL CHANGING THE WORLD Can soul music save the world? In many ways, it already has. It did for me and still...
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By Alan Richard
- Jun 3, 2020
- 1 min
ESQUERITA: LOST ROCK LEGEND
Without Esquerita, there might have been no Little Richard, hence no Prince and no Elton John—and no rock ‘n roll as we know it. Little...
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By Alan Richard
- May 21, 2020
- 13 min
MARSHALL CHAPMAN'S SONGS, SOUL AND GRACE
The first time I ever spoke with Marshall Chapman, she was crying on the other end of the telephone line. My assignment as a young...
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By Alan Richard
- May 11, 2020
- 6 min
SWEET PEA ATKINSON: A TRIBUTE
Blues and soul singer Sweet Pea Atkinson passed away on May 4, 2020 after a heart attack. He was 74. Born in Ohio and raised in Detroit,...
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By Alan Richard
- May 10, 2020
- 6 min
Little Richard: MUSICAL GIANT
How to pay tribute to one of the godfathers of rock 'n roll, who took gospel, blues and soul along with him for the kind of wild ride few...
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By Alan Richard
- Apr 5, 2020
- 10 min
WHY HALL & OATES MATTER
Rooted in Philly soul, the duo blended folk, rock, country, and new wave into their own irresistible sound. Daryl Hall and John Oates met...
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By Alan Richard
- Apr 4, 2020
- 3 min
A TRIBUTE TO BILL WITHERS
Soulful singer-songwriter Bill Withers died on March 30, 2020. Born in the coal mining town of Slab Fork, WV, and raised in the town of...
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