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Candi Staton

  • Blogs

    December 10, 2010

    Your Fave Dance Cuts From The Seventies

    ​If you remember dancing through the '70s, then you were definitely there. And DJ/journalist Paisley Dalton--who surely wasn't even alive then--has just the new CD for you. It's My Chiffon Is Wet, Darlin, which consists of "kunty kuts from NYC underground discotheques, '73-'78." Well, I jus ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2010

    Hit Parade Treasure: "Victim" By Candi Staton

    ​Candi Staton is an Alabama-born four-time divorcee who's best known for hits like "Young Hearts Run Free" and her soul remake of "Stand By Your Man." She has a smoky, lived-in voice that conveys hurt with an effectiveness that you can't buy in any store; the woman's simply got a gift.

  • Blogs

    November 24, 2009

    Thanksgiving Playlist 2009: 100-Plus Songs Better Than Your Grandma's Lumpy Squash

    Two years ago, William Bowers compiled this playlist. Any further additions? This holiday's abstract mandate can be sorta barren for us patriotically-challenged atheist vegetarians who maintain cosmic equidistance from our bloodkin. The term for it is even weird: "Thanksgiving" is a syntactical c ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    January 21, 2009

    Simone White

    Two years ago, William Bowers compiled this playlist. Any further additions? This holiday's abstract mandate can be sorta barren for us patriotically-challenged atheist vegetarians who maintain cosmic equidistance from our bloodkin. The term for it is even weird: "Thanksgiving" is a syntactical c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 26, 2008

    A Thanksgiving Playlist

    Two years ago, William Bowers compiled this playlist. Any further additions? This holiday's abstract mandate can be sorta barren for us patriotically-challenged atheist vegetarians who maintain cosmic equidistance from our bloodkin. The term for it is even weird: "Thanksgiving" is a syntactical c ... More >>

  • Music

    July 9, 2008

    Damon Albarn and His Adventurous Honest Jon's Label

    A leading voice of Britpop resurgence flaunts the fruits of his adventurous Honest Jon's label

  • Voice Choices

    July 2, 2008

    OUT OF AFRICA

    Is Damon Albarn the new Peter Gabriel?

  • Blogs

    November 22, 2007

    Provincializm #16: Thank-Rock Playlist

    Is Damon Albarn the new Peter Gabriel?

  • Music

    September 18, 2007

    Bettye LaVette's The Scene of the Crime

    Soul survivor purges demons, terrifies Southern rockers

  • pazzandjop

    January 30, 2007

    Politics, Provocations, Eulogies

    Accepting the things we cannot change and raising hell about the rest

  • Blogs

    August 10, 2006

    Live: Southern Soul Great Candi Staton Makes Her Long-Overdue Return to NY

    Accepting the things we cannot change and raising hell about the rest

  • NYC Life

    August 1, 2006

    Wednesday 8/9

    Accepting the things we cannot change and raising hell about the rest

  • Music

    October 4, 2005

    Old R&B New Again Again

    Three young divas make soul waters unscary for middle-aged fans

  • Music

    June 1, 2004

    Music

    Three young divas make soul waters unscary for middle-aged fans

  • Music

    September 4, 2001

    Marked Woman

    Three young divas make soul waters unscary for middle-aged fans

  • Music

    November 14, 2000

    New Wave Dogs Movin' In

    All My Ex's Don't Live in Paris, Texas

  • Music

    October 27, 1998

    Still Standing

    All My Ex's Don't Live in Paris, Texas

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