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The digital home of music journalist Nicholas Jennings, author of Lightfoot, the bestselling biography of Gordon Lightfoot. Includes a searchable database of current and archived work, including thousands of record reviews and feature articles.

Various artists - Red Hot & Riot

Various artists - Red Hot & RiotThe Red Hot Organization, the international group dedicated to fighting AIDS through popular culture, is responsible for compiling some fine tribute albums in recent years, including portraits of Ellington, Gershwin and Cole Porter. The latest pays homage to Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, the Nigerian Afrobeat pioneer who died from AIDS-related causes in 1997. And artists covering Fela classics like “Lady,” “Colonial Mentality” and “Sorrow, Tears and Blood” range from his son Femi, Baaba Maal and Cheikh Lo to Sade, D’Angelo and Macy Gray. Inspired.

Terri Clark - Pain to Kill
Feature Article: Homespun and hip - Old-time count...