San Diego trio Thee Sacred Souls is back with a second album of romantic doo-wop ballads and Chicano soul. We'll hear two key tracks from the new record today, followed by some dusty post-punk from… ...
“Are you mine?/Are you my baby?/I have no mind/For nothin but love,” Deal croons on the doo-wop-inspired “Are You Mine?” There are anomalies — like in the drum- and synth-heavy “Big Ben Beat,” which ...
Jones was always working in multiple idioms, and seeing what he could do to bring them together. Some of his earliest sessions as an arranger-conductor were with the R&B singer LaVern Baker, and they ...