Freda Payne

Music Interview: Soul Singer Freda Payne Goes Back to her Jazz Roots

While Freda Payne still sings “Band of Gold” on soul package revues, she has recently rekindled the jazz side of her career.

David August 2, 2022 at 12:23 pm on Concert Review: Newport Jazz Festival 2021 — A Musical AffirmationThe Baylor Project may have had the single best Jazz performance I have seen or heard in several years. I...
John Killacky August 1, 2022 at 7:18 pm on Arts Appreciation: Long Overdue — Homage to Julius Eastman, Fierce Black Queen IconoclastIt is difficult to reply to an anonymous post, but as reported in the article, The New York Times, NPR,...
Anonymous for obvious reasons August 1, 2022 at 2:06 pm on Arts Appreciation: Long Overdue — Homage to Julius Eastman, Fierce Black Queen IconoclastThe overdone worship of Julius Eastman, who got his due attention in his lifetime, just because he fits a political...
Ralph Locke August 1, 2022 at 6:04 am on Album Review: The Tedeschi Trucks Band’s “I Am the Moon” — Part Three, “The Fall”I greatly appreciated this review, not least its helpful summary of the way in which the current 4-CD series was...
Jon S Garelick July 31, 2022 at 4:25 pm on Film Review: More Than Oral Fixation — Director Lucile Hadžihalilovićs Icily Fetishistic “Earwig”I'm glad Keough saw this so I don't have to! A great read!