By Andrew Perry, eMusic ContributorTo celebrate the new Iggy & The Stooges album Ready To Die, we invited guitarist James Williamson to rifle through eMusic's catalog and talk us through some of his favorite albums. You can read about… more »
By Andrew Parks, eMusic ContributorAs first reported on Pitchfork, the robot rockers in Daft Punk recently took a break from recording their fourth album to cut a 15-minute mix of Junior Kimbrough for Hedi Slimane's Fashion Week show in… more »
By John Morthland, eMusic ContributorA friend who once accompanied me to Kimbrough's Mississippi juke joint, where this live album was recorded, subsequently pronounced the music "evil," meaning it as a compliment. Though Junior's mesmerizing blues isn't literally evil, it's… more »
By Marc Hogan, eMusic ContributorFile Under: From raw, gutbucket blues to soul, rock and pop with a similar unspoiled spirit Flagship Acts: R.L. Burnside, Junior Kimbrough, Solomon Burke, the Black Keys, Andrew Bird, Band of Horses, Dinosaur Jr., Wavves, the… more »
By John Morthland, eMusic ContributorHip-hop blues seems like a natural. With all the open spaces in a good piece of blues music, wouldn't a little scratching fit right in? And the way the great blues singers repeat a line… more »