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Etta James. - Review - sound recording review
Matriarch of the Blues (RCA) The first talent spotted by vocal great Johnny Otis back in 1954, Etta James spent sixteen years at the mother lode R&B ......(Continue Reading) Music Notes Earworthy - Ruth Brown and Etta James are both members of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame; their work is discussed - Brief Article
Embodying the connection between jazz and blues, Ruth Brown and Etta James are closing out the century with highly stylistic, personal and historic recordings that accentuate their similarities and...(Continue Reading)Cyndi Lauper: two decades after blazing the way for a generation of female pop singers, the original day-glo diva is reigniting her career with a collection
EVELYN McDONNELL: Your new album, At Last [Epic/Daylight], is a covers record on which you tackle some very famous songs, but you do so in a really inventive way. For example, you transform the Fou...(Continue Reading)Old songs in new skins - use of old songs in movies - Column
Movie soundtracks of the 1990s have occasionally used songs of the past such as Roy Orbison's 'Its'Over' and Bob Dylan's 'The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll.' After being reinterpreted to fit the ne...(Continue Reading)At last, Etta James gets star
From news services Blues singer Etta James has her own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The 65-year-old singer, nicknamed Matriarch of the ......(Continue Reading)
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