Things to Do: Read Down Home Music by Joel Selvin and Chris Strachwitz
Coffee table book tells the story—in words and pictures—of Chris Strachwitz and Arhoolie Records.
Source: houstonpress.com
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Chris Strachwitz obituary
Founder of Arhoolie Records who captured unheard voices and did much to increase the international profile of American roots music
Source: theguardian.com
Alabama Slim, The Parlor (Album Review)
When I saw this CD’s primitive package and reading Alabama Slim’s bio, I thought someone was perpetrating hoax, creating the Sidd Finch [fictional baseball player] of the blues community. Come on, it’s 2021, and you’re telling us from out of the blue comes a relic blues guitar player from Klan country playing a style of music that originated on 78 r.p.m.s? Well, Alabama Slim is authentic and living here in New Orleans, and he’s not half bad. In fact, along with his buddy/cousin Little Freddie King (heard here on “Freddie’s Voodoo Boogie”), Slim is one of the last practitioners...
Source: offbeat.com