© 1999-2009 Shopping.com, Inc. This feed is subject to our terms of use: http://www.epinions.com/help/rss_terms http://www.epinions.com/user-jaycoburn Recent reviews written by member jaycoburn en-us 121 37 http://www.epinions.com/ http://img.epinions.com/images/epi_images/logos/epinions_121.gif http://www.epinions.com/content_469135298180?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author jaycoburn - I was four years old in March 1994 when a young R&B singer by the name of Ephraim Lewis died suddenly in Los Angeles just as his star was ascending. He had recorded just one album, the one I am about to review, and released only two singles from it;... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~469135298180 Sun, 3 May 2009 13:30:09 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_469135298180?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_442872532612?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author jaycoburn - My long sabbatical from writing music reviews seems to be over, and now I can return to my habit of turning people on to old and new music that they probably have never heard of, but should hear of anyway. One of the artists that I championed earlier on... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~442872532612 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:58:46 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_442872532612?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_438167506564?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jaycoburn - "I wanted to make it, said Shuggie Otis in a San Fransisco Chronicle interview soon after the rerelease of his 'Inspiration Information' album in 2001, but I didn't". No few words some up what happened to the career of Shuggie Otis better than the ones... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~438167506564 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:06:17 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_438167506564?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_437488356996?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author jaycoburn - James Carr had one of those voices that you most certainly have to write home to mother about. It wasn't as delicate as Cooke's, nor as hormonal as Marvin Gaye's, but his voice rivaled that of Otis Redding's in its fluid enunciations of the heartaches... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~437488356996 Wed, 16 Jul 2008 11:52:05 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_437488356996?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_436507020932?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jaycoburn - A small independent label that was founded in the heart of Columbus, Ohio at the dawn of the 1970s, Clem Price's Prix Label was known for churning out some of the most passionate soul performances ever caught on to tape, and mostly from complete unknowns... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~436507020932 Tue, 8 Jul 2008 16:06:14 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_436507020932?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_435909201540?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jaycoburn - I alluded to it earlier when I spoke of there being just 20 known recordings by Johnny Ace, only 12 of which are represented on his 'Memorial Album', which was issued shortly after his death in 1955. This collection confirms my theory that a single disc... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~435909201540 Thu, 3 Jul 2008 13:59:13 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_435909201540?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_435767578244?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author jaycoburn - The Elektra singer/songwriter albums from the mid to late 1960s were of a piece with the time, meaning they can occasionally sound dated and were intended to make a mark in the era that they were created. That being said, the vast majority of them were... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~435767578244 Wed, 2 Jul 2008 10:59:45 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_435767578244?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_435670912644?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author jaycoburn - I bought 'Sign O'The Times' for my 18th birthday and was admittedly not pleased with what I heard. Over two discs Prince, who I admire for his individuality and always current sense of style, tries to perfect a magnum opus of pop, rock, funk, r&b,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~435670912644 Tue, 1 Jul 2008 13:57:55 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_435670912644?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_434138943108?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author jaycoburn - The 'Fruit Tree' boxset was originally released just five short years after Nick Drake's death as a limited edition 3 vinyl disc set that received very little fanfare and was deleted by the Hannibal label in 1983. Then, in 1986, the box became available... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~434138943108 Wed, 18 Jun 2008 11:19:43 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_434138943108?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_434052238980?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jaycoburn - Sam Cooke began recording the first of the 23 tracks that make up this collection in December of 1963 when he was 32 years old, and come December of 1964 when he was 33 he would be dead of a gunshot wound to the back by a lady running a $3 a night motel... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~434052238980 Tue, 17 Jun 2008 17:32:14 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_434052238980?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_434046733956?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author jaycoburn - I've got a dirty little secret to tell the world. I have always been a fan of the more demure, salacious R&B than the clean-cut, Michael Jackson circa 'Off The Wall' kind. I can't help it if the sound of a falsetto every now and then makes me want to... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~434046733956 Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:36:07 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_434046733956?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_434032119428?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jaycoburn - This is a massive, 79 cut, 3CD set of all of the music that the Drifters recorded between 1953-1967, mostly under the direction of Atlantic Records founders Ahmet Ertegun and Jerry Wexler. The lineups were changed over the course of the next 14 years a... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~434032119428 Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:25:42 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_434032119428?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_434015932036?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jaycoburn - The coke-fueled, ambivalent 'There's A Riot Goin' On' often takes center stage when it comes to drop dead, Sly Stone jewels of an era where rock&roll was becoming more and more progressive and live instruments were being used less and less. The fact that... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~434015932036 Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:57:21 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_434015932036?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_433928048260?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author jaycoburn - There are too many things to say about Jeff Buckley that have already been said(and better)by other writers, so I'll leave well enough alone. There is no need to eulogize the man in a way that takes away the credibility of the message on its own without... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~433928048260 Mon, 16 Jun 2008 17:26:11 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_433928048260?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_433910353540?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jaycoburn - The History of music is filled with a number of artists who have defied convention to go on and record pieces of artist that stand the test of time and can alone form the basis of their legacy. Terence Trent D'Arby is one of those artists. An American... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~433910353540 Mon, 16 Jun 2008 14:16:14 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_433910353540?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_433899146884?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jaycoburn - Little Willie John emerged at the dawn of rock&roll in 1955 with his breakthrough single "All Around The World", a song of womanizing told through the masterful projection of an 18 year-old pipsqueak from Cullendale, AR. This began a chart run of 17 Top... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~433899146884 Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:54:36 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_433899146884?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_433886760580?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jaycoburn - Johnny Ace was a young, black pianist from Memphis, Tennessee who in the fifties received national acclamation for his string of plaintive ballads that hit it big on the R&B charts before the advent of rock&roll. Johnny's chart run lasted just two... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~433886760580 Mon, 16 Jun 2008 10:55:06 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_433886760580?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_433600892548?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jaycoburn - The early seventies was a time when the United States was reeling over the controversies of Vietnam and, much like today, arguing over who controlled all of the information. The airwaves were crowded with messages of war and peace, while our neighbors to... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~433600892548 Mon, 16 Jun 2008 09:56:02 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_433600892548?linkin_id=8003929