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The Holmes Brothers – Brotherhood

Wednesday, April 23, 2014 By Bill Wilcox

The Holmes Brothers have spread their special brand of joy for years. Brothers Sherman and Wendell, along with drummer Popsy Dixon, have established a special kind of soul-blues that is part gospel, part soul. Although the Holmes Brothers had performed together throughout the 1980s, it wasn’t until the 1990s that they started getting widespread recognition […]

Filed Under: Blues, Reviews, Roots, Soul/R&B Tagged With: The Holmes Brothers

Johnny Rawls – Remembering O.V.

Thursday, October 31, 2013 By Bill Wilcox

Soul blues is a form of blues that, as its name implies, fuses soul music with traditional blues music.  It is a form of blues that was pioneered by African-American musicians in the South.  Among the music form’s early champions were the late Bobby “Blue” Bland and Z.Z. HIll.  Although a number of prominent blues musicians, such […]

Filed Under: Americana, Blues, Reviews, Soul/R&B Tagged With: Johnny Rawls, O.V. Wright, The Holmes Brothers

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