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Ms. Kertchaval, Please email me and we can correspond. I have some individuals I would like to connect you with. From some high profile artists who may be interested in lending their voice to this c…

Replied Dec. 29, 2009

Bukka White

Ms.Kertchaval, I have tremendous respect for your father's work and will do my best to pass on the word. It's important that folks continue to hear about these stories. They are far from a thing of…

Replied Dec. 28, 2009

What is your favorite album this week?

with the weather changing and life slowing down just a bit, i've been enjoying Sting's If On A Winter's Night... a good record for feeling wintery but not being ready for christmas music per say. oh…

Replied Oct. 25, 2009

Favourite Album Cover?

funny how the times change. and now pop star Rhianna's new album cover practically puts this one to shame. but then again the world does have a funny issue with actually seeing nipples. I think thi…

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Howard Mandel commented on J. Hayes - music writer's blog post 'The Beautiful Dichotomy of Betty Davis: A Rare Conversation with the Elusive Mistress of Funk'

Listening patterns do change, and I find as I've gotten older I'm more interested in exploring the eras before I was born that seem to have influenced the present. It's not that I exclude research into the present (or future), and I'm in the lucky p…

March 15

Lwood commented on J. Hayes - music writer's blog post 'The Beautiful Dichotomy of Betty Davis: A Rare Conversation with the Elusive Mistress of Funk'

I can appreciate Betty's listening now....as the days and years pass some don't continue on the same path but find a new one, holding the past in fine regard but finding more enjoyment in the new, less explored path.....at least that's the way I've…

March 15

J. Hayes - music writer commented on J. Hayes - music writer's blog post 'The Beautiful Dichotomy of Betty Davis: A Rare Conversation with the Elusive Mistress of Funk'

Ian, I spoke with Betty at great length and we did speak a bit about contemporary music. I am a huge admirer of Nikka and her fabulous band! She is one of the most underrated live performers of our time... and alot of people us the title but she des…

March 14

Ian Rogers commented on J. Hayes - music writer's blog post 'The Beautiful Dichotomy of Betty Davis: A Rare Conversation with the Elusive Mistress of Funk'

Having just discovered Betty Davis' music VERY recently, I feel very ashamed that I had not heard her music sooner. Perhaps the interviewer should've asked Betty what she thought of the contemporary artist Nikka Costa as she sounds like a singer mos…

March 14

Nosliw Lorac commented on J. Hayes - music writer's blog post 'The Beautiful Dichotomy of Betty Davis: A Rare Conversation with the Elusive Mistress of Funk'

If folks could open their ears to some real Low down Funky music...Betty's would be it. % I was young and frolicking thru the laurels of Hollywoodland in the 70's, that's the time I came across her musical style. btw "70's People is a favorite" and…

February 24

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Blues Is My Address or Working With the Language of The Blues: A Dialog with Progressive Preservationist Eric Bibb

"Brooding," states Eric Bibb, describing the acoustic blues classic "Tupelo" as performed by John Lee Hooker. "That's Hooker most of the time," I said. "But you really manage to walk that line. There is always an air of hope in your songs." Balan…

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Blues Is My Address or Working With the Language of The Blues: A Dialog with Progressive Preservationist Eric Bibb

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Ingrid Chavez wears indie well

Over the years, Ingrid Chavez has been known as a Prince protege for her 1992 Paisley Park/Warner Bros. album and co-starring role in the film Graffiti Bridge, as collaborator and ex-wife of David Sylvian or to some as the songwriter of Madonna's f…

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Ingrid Chavez wears indie well

February 11

Lwood commented on J. Hayes - music writer's blog post 'The Beautiful Dichotomy of Betty Davis: A Rare Conversation with the Elusive Mistress of Funk'

Yes Howard, you are correct....your History lesson will serve many well.

February 9

Howard Mandel commented on J. Hayes - music writer's blog post 'The Beautiful Dichotomy of Betty Davis: A Rare Conversation with the Elusive Mistress of Funk'

Lwood, I'm from Chicago originally, and what it has that no cosmopolitan city on any other continent has is a 100+ year history of music coming out of the confrontations and engagements of African-American traditions, "new world" revolutionary and e…

February 9

Lwood commented on J. Hayes - music writer's blog post 'The Beautiful Dichotomy of Betty Davis: A Rare Conversation with the Elusive Mistress of Funk'

Howard, take a chill pill....The feeling that Europeans are more 'hip' to Jazz is a result of there being more 'cosmopolitan' cities than in the US. There were also many musicians who couldn't make enough money to eat in the US but were celebrated i…

February 9

david barsanti commented on J. Hayes - music writer's blog post 'The Beautiful Dichotomy of Betty Davis: A Rare Conversation with the Elusive Mistress of Funk'

great interview i've been waiting for that one for a while

February 9

Howard Mandel commented on J. Hayes - music writer's blog post 'The Beautiful Dichotomy of Betty Davis: A Rare Conversation with the Elusive Mistress of Funk'

that's nonsense that jazz is better appreciated in Europe than in the U.S., a canard begun by pre WWII celebration of a very few black musicians (Armstrong, Bechet, Josephine Baker) and amplified by jazz musicians in the '60s who were suffering from…

February 9

Amos Perrine commented on J. Hayes - music writer's blog post 'The Beautiful Dichotomy of Betty Davis: A Rare Conversation with the Elusive Mistress of Funk'

I, too, have a bunch of Miles' private recordings, but do not know if I have that one. Most of them are from Europe, where, of course, jazz is better appreciated than in it's home country.

February 9

Howard Mandel commented on J. Hayes - music writer's blog post 'The Beautiful Dichotomy of Betty Davis: A Rare Conversation with the Elusive Mistress of Funk'

I've got a bootleg of sessions Miles produced with Betty and members of his band including McLaughlin. Miles speaks to her from the control room: "Betty, you can sing better than that!"

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Blues Is My Address or Working With the Language of The Blues: A Dialog with Progressive Preservationist Eric Bibb

"Brooding," states Eric Bibb, describing the acoustic blues classic "Tupelo" as performed by John Lee Hooker.

"That's Hooker most of the time," I said. "But you really manage to walk that line. There is always an air of hope in your songs." Balance; it's a theme that runs through… Continue

Posted on February 18, 2010 at 9:18am —

Ingrid Chavez wears indie well

Over the years, Ingrid Chavez has been known as a Prince protege for her 1992 Paisley Park/Warner Bros. album and co-starring role in the film Graffiti Bridge, as collaborator and ex-wife of David Sylvian or to some as the songwriter of Madonna's funky, sensual and controversial hit 'Ju… Continue

Posted on February 11, 2010 at 9:00pm —

The Beautiful Dichotomy of Betty Davis: A Rare Conversation with the Elusive Mistress of Funk

"She doesn't really do interviews, but I'll add you to the list."
That was where my initial request fell for an interview with the reclusive mistress of funk and former ex-wife of Miles Davis. The Seattle based indie label Light In The Attic, had just released Is It Love or Desire, Betty Davis' fourth album, rec… Continue

Posted on February 3, 2010 at 8:00pm — 16 Comments

Holidays Are Here... Time to Get Your Grinch On!

As we find ourselves half way between Thanksgiving and Christmas, knee deep in main-stream, commercial yuletide buffoonery, mired in unwelcome familial and corporate obligations, weighed down under the season's disproportionate expenses...now more than ever it's time to get you're Grinch on!

And no, de… Continue

Posted on December 16, 2009 at 1:00pm — 2 Comments

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At 11:19pm on February 21, 2010, David Williams said…: Hi,
I'd like to send a copy of our new americana CD to you--can you send an address?
Thanks,
David Williams and Wildgrass featuring Kristina Murray. songs by DW, 2009 Emmy winner in songwriting. We'd like to send a CD for review, if you can send us an email address. Thanks!
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At 1:56pm on February 21, 2010, Howard Mandel said…: Checkin' in, upon your friends request and stated desire to talk (email? -- off ND?) about the issues of my post -- Howard

At 10:18am on February 13, 2010, Paul Masson said…: J,

Thanks for the add. Hope you enjoy the songs.

Best, Paul

At 9:19am on November 10, 2009, DublinBlues said…: Thanks - great stuff you're writing!

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