Guardian Music — Saxophonist with the Memphis Horns, who made an important contribution to the sound of 60s soulThe precise, rich brass riffs on such records as Wilson Pickett's In the Midnight Hour, Sam & Dave's Soul Man and Otis Redding's Try a Little Tenderness we... more info

411 Mania — Channeling the old world soul of Otis Redding and James Brown, JC Brooks and the Uptown Sound have been making some waves. But, is this just lazy, recycled fluff or a new golden age for soul? Join 411 reviewer C.A. Bell to find out. more info

Impose Magazine — 1. The Obvious Let's get every obvious legend out of the way: Biggie, James Brown, Otis Redding, dead Beatles not named John Lennon, Kurt Cobain, Nick Drake, Janis Joplin, etc. These are no brainers and there are plenty others. 2. Ian Curtis... more info

Perez Hilton — MAGIC! JUST MAGICAL!! Leave it to MTV's Unplugged to uncover the rarest gems in our favorite musicians!! Take this for example! Florence + the Machine performed their own little rendition of Otis Redding's Try A Little Tenderness. And needless to s... more info

Perez Hilton — Naked … meaning sans all production equipment!! For MTV's Unplugged, Florence and the Machine performed stripped down versions of their own songs and relayed beautiful renditions of classics such as Johnny Cash's Jackson and the above take on the O... more info

Guardian Music — It embraced black soul music – but couldn't divorce itself from the prejudices of the southIt was only a matter of time before BBC4 green-lit a Friday night documentary about southern rock. It is irresistible to connoisseurs of once-unfashionable s... more info

Topix — If you listen to R&B from the 1960s, there's a smoothness, optimism, and energy to it that modern artists aspire to but rarely achieve. Classic groups like The Temptations and The Isley Brothers and artists like Otis Redding and Marvin Gaye all had t... more info

Guardian Music — Led Zeppelin reunion concert in 2007 led to whole lotta largesse from Mica Ertegun, whose husband co-founded Atlantic RecordsIt was the reunion of all reunions, one which the mighty Led Zeppelin rehearsed for two months to get right. And on Wednesday... more info

Guardian Music — Boston Arms, LondonThe woman shaking her corkscrew curls and bawling into the microphone doesn't much look like the music industry's usual idea of a star. Brittany Howard is, nonetheless, riding a thermal of acclaim so fast and so high it could be gr... more info

Soul Sides — Exile feat. Blu: When Nothing’s Left From 4TRK Mind (Soulspazm, 2011) This Exile/Blu collabo has been in steady rotation for a minute and it got me thinking about how signature and powerful Otis Redding’s voice is. Obviously, Ye and Jay’s â... more info