Saturday, September 02, 2006

Saturday night's alright for fighting....

Doesn't look good for a sunny day at Rhythm and Roots. Johnny Gumbo originally planned to go down today (Marcia Ball, Los Lobos) and stay over, meeting the rest of us there tomorrow. But one rain-soaking a week (Dylan) is apparently the limit for Gumbo.

If you have nothing planned out for this evening, treat yourself to a dose of the Soul Express with Dean Farrell. The Soul Express runs on WHUS, 91.7-FM, from the University of Connecticut at Storrs, on Saturday evenings from 9:00-midnight Eastern Time. It features the vintage soul rhythms of the 1960s and '70s, most of which you've either never heard before or haven't heard in 30-40 years. To hear WHUS live on the Internet, go here. Also, you can check out past playlists (including guest Christine Ohlman's) on the website.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Soul legend Ronald Isley, who sang such hits as "Twist and Shout" and "This Old Heart of Mine" as a member of the Isley Brothers, was sentenced on Friday to three years in federal prison for tax evasion. Isley, 65, was also ordered to pay about $3.1 million to the Internal Revenue Service, having engaged in "pervasive, long-term, pathological" evasion of federal taxes, according to U.S. District Court Judge Dean Pregerson. article It is not known if the IRS duo of JPK & NGK were involved.

The news from New Orleans continues to be depressing, but sometimes there are flashes of optimism. Here is a recent Rolling Stone piece about the bar music scene. It features the Maple Leaf Bar in the Carrollton section, where we saw Jon Cleary in 2005 during Jazz Fest. - article

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