New Orleans soul-funk pianist, songwriter, producer and singer Willie Tee (born Wilson Turbinton) has died, aged 63, in a Louisiana hospital of colon cancer. He was best known for his hit “Teasin’ You”, one of three singles that Atlantic licensed from the Nola label in the mid sixties. His spell in the national spotlight was brief, but he [...]
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Ex-Swirlie Adam Pierce is on to album number seven with the eponymous Mice Parade. Like his previous efforts, it’s a set of vaguely post-rock tunes built on a base of acoustic guitars. And also like his previous efforts, it’s a mixed bag. At its best the record clomps along amiably, but there are moments of [...]
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The most familiar voices of Mississippi Delta blues are the anguished holler of Charley Patton and the haunted tenor of Robert Johnson. Together they portray a world of natural disasters, poverty, divine retribution, whiskey and mean women. Light-hearted fun doesn’t really come into the equation. It’s a mistake to think that country blues between the [...]
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