Music
Leon Bridges is the master of soft sensual tones, particularly when he intermingles the romantic and the steamy.
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The Everly Brothers’ close harmony work was so sinuous it sometimes seemed close to witchcraft.
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Sleater-Kinney’s Carrie Brownstein gave Charlie Watts a shout-out, while Wilco’s Glenn Kotche displayed the words “Charlie is my Darling” (the title of a 1966 Stones tour documentary) on the head of his bass drum.
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Watts’ relentlessly unembellished drive on dozens of classic songs, from “Satisfaction” and “Shattered” to “Connection,” is what makes them so danceable.
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Texturally, François-Xavier Roth and Les Siècles’ serve up diaphanous performances.
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“Once we have the chemistry in the room, it’ll come back,” says the Zulus’ guitarist Rich Gilbert.
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One of the year’s stand-out releases: full of wonderful music, all of it well worth getting to know, and played to the hilt.
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What’s on the screen rings true, but Fire Music falls short of being fair to history.
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There’s a pleasing variety in this collection, which serves up valuable music that might not have otherwise been heard.
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Music Remembrance: Gospel singer Lee Williams
A household name in Black America, Lee Williams had little need for the kind of crossover project that can earn a gospel act attention from the secular music media.
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