By Alan Richard Feb 16, 2019 8 min 'COUNTRY MUSIC': THE KEN BURNS CONCERT Smashing night at the Ryman marks new documentary, salutes depth of country music “To me, it’s soul music. It’s white man’s soul music, a...
By Alan Richard Aug 8 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 ...
By Alan Richard Jul 6 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 musi...
By Alan Richard Jun 22 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 d...
By Alan Richard Jun 3 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 R...
By Alan Richard May 22 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 report...
