By eMusic Editorial Staff, eMusic ContributorEvery week, eMusic's editorial team assembles a newsletter called The Crib Sheet, which features the five new records we think are essential listening. This is your chance to tell us what you think of the… more »
By Andrew Perry, eMusic Contributor[Charles Bradley turned heads and broke hearts with his 2011 triumph No Time for Dreaming. On the advent of his second masterpiece, the scorching, searing, Victim of Love, we invited Bradley and his bandleader and… more »
By Barry Walters, eMusic ContributorCharles Bradley is not the kind of guy to sing of love in fantastical terms; he's much too real for that. Bearing a voice streaked with the ravages of inner torment, this nomadic 64-year-old soul… more »
By eMusic Editorial Staff, eMusic ContributorDo we even need the preamble? You know what next week is and, like any right-thinking person, you've probably put off working out a schedule until the very last second. So as you start to… more »
By eMusic Editorial Staff, eMusic ContributorIt was a year full of surprising breakouts and breathtaking discoveries, with reliable favorites from familiar faces and strong entries from new voices. These are our Top 100 Records of 2011. more »
By J. Edward Keyes, Editor-in-ChiefFirst things first: Are there any other awards ceremonies that have multiple-hour primetime specials simply to announce nominations? The Grammy Nomination show has gone from minor curiosity to something of a baffling spectacle — all… more »
By Daptone Records, eMusic ContributorFor the last decade, Daptone Records has served up new soul with a classic sound. Recorded entirely on analog equipment, in a studio inside the house the label owns in the Bushwick neighborhood of Brooklyn, every Daptone release radiates a genuine warmth, and has its own distinct identity. It's no surprise the label's founders, Gabriel Roth and Neal Sugarman, take their inspiration from the great labels of the late '60s. To listen to a Daptone record is to be transported back to a time when every aspect of an album was meticulously planned and lovingly overseen. Because the Daptone roster boasts such an extraordinary wealth of talent, we asked Roth and Sugarman to walk us through the personalities behind some of their classic releases... more »
By Elizabeth Isadora Gold, eMusic ContributorBefore CDs, before the Internet, soul music freaks had to rely on serendipity find the best dusty tracks: O.V. Wright's "Nickel and a Nail," Bunny Sigler's "Regina," Erma Franklin's "Piece of My Heart." I heard… more »