A Supreme Legacy: Remembering Mary Wilson (1944-2021) By Mark Mussari A funny thing happened on the way to Diana Ross becoming a superstar. Mary Wilson became the Supremes. Even though Ross sang lead on all the hits the Supremes had in the 1960s – hits that resulted in 12 number ones and often saw them … Continue reading
Shannon McNally Gets Her Irish Up by Jay S. Jacobs It’s hard to believe that Shannon McNally has been flying under the radar for about 20 years now. A strong-voiced songstress with a love of musical variety, she was signed up by Capitol Nashville in 1997 while still playing coffee houses and attending Franklin and Marshall … Continue reading
GET ON UP (2014) Starring Chadwick Boseman, Nelsan Ellis, Dan Aykroyd, Viola Davis, Jill Scott, Craig Robinson, Keith Robinson, Octavia Spencer, Brandon Smith, Lennie James, Fred Melamed, Josh Hopkins, Tika Sumpter, Aunjanue Ellis, Tariq Trotter, Aloe Blacc, Nick Eversman, J.D. Evermore, Phyllis Montana LeBlanc, John Benjamin Hickey and Allison Janney. Screenplay by Jez Butterworth and … Continue reading
In This Cinematic Telling Soul Godfather James Brown Taught Us How to Get On Up by Brad Balfour Though by no means a perfect film or conventional biopic, the recently released Get On Up wrangles with the complicated life of one of pop music’s pioneers and enduring legends: James Brown, the Godfather of Soul. If … Continue reading
Director Stephen Walker Celebrates Being Young@Heart by Brad Balfour Of the many surprises at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, one of the most charming was a little doc called Young@Heart. Filmed over a several months’ rehearsal period leading up to a concert tour, veteran British director Stephen Walker and his wife, producer Sally George, tell the … Continue reading
The Ed Sullivan Show Rock ‘n’ Roll Classics (Rhino-2002) Your tolerance of the variety show format is equally proportional to the amount of hours you’ve viewed MTV since 1981. More than two decades have passed since the rest of television adapted to the now-taken-for-granted style of the quick-edited, odd-camera-angled, sound-bit, irony-heavy entertainment presentation. You are … Continue reading
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