SalonDOTcom has a section called Audiofile and man alive there’s some excellent music there including what I found there today. You have to have a premium membership but that’s a good $35 to spend. I think you can get monthly memberships for $6. Anyway, plugging Salon wasn’t why I started this entry. Although, really, they have great articles.
I do highly recommend finding a copy of a Bettye LaVette record. Cue that thing up and pour yourself a glass of wine. She has an outstanding and soulful delivery. And, I can’t believe I’ve never heard of her. She’s been recording music longer than I’ve been alive. Let me tell you, I dig some old school soul.
If you have a premium membership, check out the Audiofile for today and yesterday on Salon.