Chess Records, Revived
Marshall Chess, whose father’s label recorded musicians like Muddy Waters and Chuck Berry, has a new album of reinterpreted classics, John Seabrook writes.
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Marshall Chess, whose father’s label recorded musicians like Muddy Waters and Chuck Berry, has a new album of reinterpreted classics, John Seabrook writes.
The golden age of American rock ‘n roll was probably 1965-1975. Some would argue the dates, but no one would argue the sheer volume of great music that came out
The Chess Project will be paying tribute to the original spirit of Chess Records with the original set 'New Moves,' due this Spring.
Charles Stepney and Richard Evans: Soulful Symphonies Of Psychedelia Charles Stepney and Richard Evans: Soulful Symphonies Of Psychedelia The duo were two of the greatest musical minds of the 60s and 70s, but remain little known today. Published on Rotary Connection's debut album was just one of the albums that Charles Stepney worked on in the 1960s Imagine a psychedelic music that didn’t expand your musical mind with volume and effects, but elevated your consciousness with melody and cleverly arranged layers of instruments. A music that sought to reflect the new-age...