Wondering Sound
Wondering Sound is an online music publication focused on long-form storytelling, spirited interviews and rousing criticism.
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Sam Cooke: Soul and Inspiration
Retrospective by Lenny Kaye, Wondering Sound, 31 August 2010
Possessed of a purity of voice and an unerring sense of pop metaphysics, the incomparable Sam Cooke was a singer of soul and inspiration who ...
Frank Sinatra: The First Definitive Performances
Review by Lenny Kaye, Wondering Sound, 22 April 2011
MEET Young Frank, before the N. Stein that is his iconic cross to bear. Sometimes the Rat Pack genuflect and sharkskin persona that characterizes mid-century-and-beyond ...
Review by Wayne Robins, Wondering Sound, 24 October 2011
LIKE ANY prosperous band with a global audience entering its second decade, Coldplay seems to want to venture away from its enchanted cottage, albeit not ...
The Chitlin' Circuit: Celebrating a Secret History of American Music
Book Review by John Morthland, Wondering Sound, 1 November 2011
FOR YEARS, the Chitlin' Circuit — the network of mostly-Southern, mostly-rural clubs where black artists performed from the 1930s into the '60s — has been ...
Chet Baker: The Heartbreaking Beauty Of Chet Baker
Retrospective by Lenny Kaye, Wondering Sound, 13 November 2012
IT'S AUTUMN IN NEW YORK, and as I always do at this time of year, I pull Chet Baker from the shelf. ...
Doc Pomus: It's Great to Be Young and in Love
Review by John Morthland, Wondering Sound, 3 January 2013
YEAH, that Doc Pomus, the one who wrote such '50s and '60s rock 'n' roll standards as 'Save the Last Dance for Me' for the Drifters, 'Teenager ...
Elmore James: How Elmore James Invented Metal
Retrospective by John Morthland, Wondering Sound, 25 January 2013
ELMORE JAMES is often demeaned as a one-trick pony — or, in his case, a one lick pony. That would be the swooping, stinging slide ...
Review by Lenny Kaye, Wondering Sound, 30 October 2013
TO MY EARS AND HEART, there is nothing more rousing than a well-crafted single, whatever its source. And whenever Katy Perry's Queen-of-the-Jungle anthem 'Roar' swings ...
Kate Bush: The Continuing Allure of Kate Bush
Comment by Gillian G. Gaar, Wondering Sound, 26 September 2014
IMMIGRATION AGENTS aren't known for their friendliness. But when my plane touched down at Heathrow Airport in early September, I felt I had a pretty ...
Barbara Lynn: How Barbara Lynn Changed The Blues Forever
Interview by John Morthland, Wondering Sound, 12 November 2014
BARBARA LYNN, who topped rhythm and blues charts in 1962 with 'You'll Lose a Good Thing', which also crossed over to the pop Top 10, ...
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