Since you could not be at The Troubadour in Los Angeles two nights ago. That is Joss Stone, Dave Stewart and (it seems) Tal Wilkenfeld on bass. More details via Rolling Stone
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Since you could not attend Etta James‘ funeral, you missed Christina Aguilera giving a cleevagy and emotional rendition of “At Last”. For more details the Los Angeles Times has a full review.
“Move over Aretha, Gladys, and Roberta. Another lady is stepping out of the choir loft and she has a sermon or two to preach.” writes blogcritics in introduction of “Review: Ruthie Foster - Let It Burn.”
Bangstyle writes “Last night D’Angelo played his first show in more than 11 years in Stockholm, Sweden. What’s more exciting is that the neurotic talent is making an attempt to rekindle his once-bright star.” Strong!
And now …a 15 minutes interview with Paul McCartney and Tommy LiPuma while The Telegraph reviews his new CD “Kisses on the Bottom – Paul McCartney abandons the guitar and pays homage to the music of his youth.”
Via TheNJUnderground.com “The Roots released a third installment of their series of short films accompanying their upcoming album, Undun, this week.”
McCoy Tyner is presently touring Europe. You can catch him below playing “Fly with the Wind” in Zagreb, Croatia on November 10 2011 or read the Independent review of his Barbican concert in London. ” The opening “Fly with the Wind” clocks in at 16 minutes of creative group invention, with Tyner setting out the theme before the band strides in.”