Solomon Burke
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Live Review by Guy Stevens, Record Mirror, 4 April 1964
ON STAGE WITH THE R&B LEGENDS ...
Solomon Burke: Can Dylan Be Beaten?
Report by Norman Jopling, Record Mirror, 12 June 1965
The answer is probably no — but all the stops are being pulled out for Solomon Burke's version of the Dylan number 'Maggie's Farm'. ...
Solomon Burke: Cost of Solomon's Cadillac: a couple of songs and two good funerals...
Interview by Maureen Cleave, The Evening Standard, 19 June 1965
THE LARGE, smiling, splendid man in the picture is called Mr. Solomon Burke. He is 25. His wife is called Dolores Othello and they have ...
Solomon Burke: The Burke v. Brown Feud
Interview by Norman Jopling, Record Mirror, 3 July 1965
"TELL ME," I said, "all about you and James Brown. There was a two-second hush, and then Solomon Burke, king of rock & soul, launched ...
Solomon Burke: America the Brave...
Interview by Richard Green, Record Mirror, 6 August 1966
...crashes back with half of the top fifty and some of the most advanced musical ideas. Now soul King Solomon tells of a seamier side ...
Overview by Maureen O'Grady, Rave, November 1966
RAVE's Maureen O'Grady puts on parade some of the greatest and the latest singers of "soul". The sound the "in" crowd said would happen. ...
Solomon Burke: The Marquee, London, 18th July 1966
Live Review by Bill Millar, Soul Music Monthly, February 1967
JUST OVER a year ago, Solomon Burke made his first appearance at the Marquee and was greeted with incredible scenes of enthusiasm. Before he had ...
Bonanza Atlantic LP Issue: Solomon Burke, Aretha Franklin, Joe Tex et al
Review by Norman Jopling, Record Mirror, 9 March 1968
IN AN EFFORT to smash the Tamla domination of the LP market, the rival R&B giant Atlantic have put out a batch of soul and ...
Laura Nyro: Eli and the 13th Confession (Columbia)
Review by Pete Johnson, Los Angeles Times, 7 April 1968
Laura Nyro Makes a Change ...
Retrospective by Cliff White, Black Music, 1975
IT'S ALWAYS good to see neglected talent straighten up and fly right after seemingly falling by the wayside, especially when the talent is as undeniable ...
Wake up, Atlantic, get up offa that thing, ok?
Report and Interview by Cliff White, New Musical Express, 20 November 1976
You're sitting on a whole bunch of money — not to mention classic soul music. Here's CLIFF WHITE telling you how to fill the coffers ...
Little Richard and Solomon Burke: Sex & God & Rock & Roll
Report and Interview by Vernon Gibbs, The Village Voice, 10 August 1982
THE FIRST time I encountered Little Richard, his face was plastered against a Bedford-Stuyvesant wall — the poster advertised a show at the Breevort Theater. ...
Review by Don Snowden, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 1984
APPARENTLY THE audience at this 1981 D.C. club date didn't realize that classic, gospel-rooted soul is hopelessly unhip, because it responds to Burke's impassioned performance ...
Solomon Burke, Willie Garcia, Johnny Otis, Little Richard: Four Souls – From Music To The Ministry
Profile and Interview by Don Snowden, Los Angeles Times, 4 August 1985
SOLOMON BURKE looked more like Don Corleone surveying his domain in The Godfather than a preacher preparing to conduct a recent late-afternoon service. ...
Solomon Burke: Soul Alive! (Rounder)
Review by Don Snowden, The Boston Phoenix, 21 May 1986
THE TRUE TRIUMPH of Solomon Burke's Soul Alive! (Rounder) was neither the spirited elan of performances that transcended mere revivalism nor the startling, albeit chart-invisible, ...
Solomon Burke: Music To Make Love By
Sleeve notes by Colin Escott, Chess Records, 1998
SOLOMON BURKE'S ultimate triumph is that he's almost as great as he says he is, and has almost accomplished everything he says he has. He ...
Solomon Burke: An interview with Joe Henry
Interview by Dave Schulps, Rock's Backpages, June 2002
This brief interview with Joe Henry was conducted on the "red carpet" arrival line at the ASCAP pop music awards in May. Henry received an ...
Solomon Burke: Go On Back To Him
Report by Don Waller, MOJO, June 2002
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! "What's that noise in my earphones?" soul giant Solomon Burke calls into the studio control roost from the vocal isolation booth. "That's ...
Solomon Burke: The Bishop of Soul returns
Special Feature by Dave Schulps, Rock's Backpages, June 2002
MICK JAGGER may have insisted once upon a time that "it’s the singer not the song," but that doesn’t necessarily mean that even the greatest ...
Interview by Chris Bourke, Real Groove, July 2002
WHEN SOLOMON BURKE makes an entrance, it's obvious that royalty has arrived. I once witnessed the self-proclaimed King of Rock'n'Soul take the stage. It was ...
Solomon Burke: Barbican, London
Live Review by Nick Hasted, The Independent, 11 October 2002
IT'S BEEN 28 YEARS since the self-styled king of rock'n'soul last graced a British stage, at which rate this could be a farewell performance, too. ...
Solomon Burke: Solomon In All His Glory
Profile and Interview by Nick Hasted, The Independent, 20 December 2002
The greatest male soul singers are Sam Cooke, Otis Redding, Marvin Gaye and Solomon Burke. But, unlike the others, Burke is very much alive, as ...
Solomon Burke: Don't Give Up On Me
Review by j. poet, Paste, 7 January 2003
WHEN CRITICS began raving about Burke's comeback album, more than a few fools in the crowd asked "Solomon who?" ...
Van Morrison/Solomon Burke: Royal Albert Hall, London
Live Review by Gavin Martin, The Independent, 21 April 2003
THE POTENTIAL that the double bill offered for a soulman super summit was certainly enticing – Solomon Burke, the veteran preacherman from Philadelphia, and George ...
Interview by Gavin Martin, Independent on Sunday, 27 February 2005
ON A RAINY FRIDAY afternoon Solomon Burke is holding court in the living room of his San Fernando Valley home. The man who has claimed ...
Big Philly Style: King Of Rock 'N' Soul Solomon Burke Returns To The City Of His Coronation
Retrospective and Interview by Geoffrey Himes, Baltimore City Paper, 2 March 2005
BY EARLY 1964, the 24-year-old Solomon Burke had already been a bishop in his grandmother's church for 17 years but he wanted to be king. ...
Solomon Burke: Make Do With What You Got
Review by Steve LaBate, Paste, 1 April 2005
WHEN LEGENDARY ARTISTS like B.B. King or James Brown grow old and start resting on their laurels, it's easy to forgive them. After all, they've ...
Interview by Bud Scoppa, Paste, 10 January 2006
BEFORE PRODUCING Solomon Burke's modern-day soul landmark, Don't Give Up On Me, in 2002, Joe Henry was a modest-selling "critic's darling" with a reputation for ...
Report and Interview by Gene Santoro, New York Daily News, 2 March 2007
Solomon Burke's latest, Nashville, features guests like Emmylou Harris, Dolly Parton, Patty Loveless and Gillian Welch. ...
Eric Clapton: The Return of God
Profile and Interview by Bud Scoppa, Uncut, September 2008
To the faithful, Eric Clapton's guitar playing has always been sacred. But in 2008, from a Blind Faith reunion to a host of blazing session ...
Interview by Terry Staunton, Record Collector, December 2008
Soul survivor Solomon Burke has endured bigger setbacks than most, but continues to make records as lauded as his perceived '60s heyday. ...
Obituary by Adam Sweeting, The Guardian, 10 October 2010
ONE OF THE ALL-TIME GREAT American soul singers and songwriters, he scored a huge hit with 'Everybody Needs Somebody to Love'. ...
Obituary by Peter Stone Brown, CounterPunch, 11 October 2010
THE ROLLING STONES introduced me to Solomon Burke when they covered his classic, 'Everybody Needs Somebody To Love', on their third album, released in the ...
Cry to Him: The Dark Soul of Bert Berns
Book Excerpt by Joel Selvin, 'Here Comes The Night' (Counterpoint Books), April 2014
In these two excerpts from Joel Selvin's splendid new biography of Bert Berns, the soul hustler from the Bronx oversees the 1961 session for Solomon ...
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