When a piece of music is heard for the first time ever, there’s always the delicious hope that, just by being there, an audience might witness something special, to be remembered fondly. It doesn’t ...
This is the first time I am doing a ‘proper’ review of a Black Sherif song. It’s not because his previous songs were not good; but because as a writer, ‘Soja’ nudges me to explore various angles of ...
Adding major sevenths to chords can be the equivalent of letting in more colour and sunlight. Basic chordal character and tonality is dictated by the third note of a triad, with this note expressing ...
Hudson buttressed Al Kooper’s original organ part into a chordal fortress, part of an incendiary performance that surges to peak after peak. From the casually brilliant sessions that came to be ...
In August 1963, a yellow Telecaster emerged from Fender’s original California factory, ending up two years later in the hands of a gifted young guitarist named Michael Bloomfield — who bought ...
On the latter, Whitfield orchestrally welcomes in an ostinato that shrouds Mariott's opening statement and Evan's lovely chordal entrance. The band drops into a groove accented strongly by Whitfield's ...