Hindustan Times
Last month after we’d heard the news of British singer Amy Winehouse’s untimely death at 27, the media quickly zeroed in on that particular number, citing the names of other rock and pop stars who had lost their lives when they were as old as Winehouse was when her body was found at her London residence. Winehouse was probably the most talented of the current crop of British women singers many of whom are, like she was, at the forefront of a revival of soul music. Read more
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Loading ...Posted by Sanjoy Narayan on Saturday, August 6, 2011 at 6:04 pm
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At the beginning of this month, The White Stripes announced that they were breaking up. I was saddened but not surprised. Jack and Meg White—the once-married duo—formed the Detroit-based band in the late 1990s and have six great full-length albums besides some live recordings and many singles to their credit. Although they already had two albums already out, the first album by The White Stripes that I heard was their third, White Blood Cells, in 2001. I liked them instantly. It was their sound: rock and roll with a blues and punk twist. Raspy, distorted guitar-work (Jack), primal drumming (Meg) and howling vocals. I have lost count of how many times I heard White Blood Cells when I first got that album. Even now, I just have to think of that album and I can hear the opening riffs of the first song, Dead Leaves and The Dirty Ground. Read more
(4 votes, average: 5 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Sanjoy Narayan on Saturday, February 19, 2011 at 5:51 pm
Filed under Download Central · Tagged Amy Winehouse, argus48, Bob Dylan, Canned Heat, Cold Night, De Stijl, Dead Leaves and The Dirty Ground, Download Central, Elephant, Eric Clapton, First Aid Kit, Get Behind Me Satan, Gov’t Mule, Icky Thump, In the Cold, It Hurts Me Too, Jack and Meg, Jack White, Klara Soderberg, Music, New York’s annual CMJ festival, Sanjoy Narayan, Sea of Cowards, Tennessee studio, The Big Black & The Blue, The Dead Weather, The Dead Weather’s Horehound, The Grateful Dead, The Raconteurs, The Rolling Stones, The White Stripes, Twitter, Wanda Jackson, White Blood Cells, You Know I’m No Good
