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Wax Poetics Issue 16, Apr/May 2006
Bill Withers was a soft-spoken musical maestro who quietly took over the music industry in 1971 with his unassuming B-side, "Ain't No Sunshine." Brazil's "Black Rio" scene wasn't so unassuming; young Black Brazilians saw their reflections in American funk music and soon Rio DJs spurred a homegrown Brazilian soul and social movement. Buy the Playlist!
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Featured Articles:
Bill Withers
"I don't know if I have touched a guitar in the last year. I'm more likely to pick up a hammer or some power tool than I would a music instrument. About five or six years ago, I built a studio in my house, but I haven't gotten around to just being in there."
Black Rio
In the late 1960s and early '70s, Brazilian DJs started a musical and racial revolution. With its origins in Rio de Janeiro, the sound of Black Rio confronted the dictatorship's stranglehold on politics and society, while spreading the gospel of all things funky.
Herbie Mann
Over the years, Herbie Mann lured a veritable who's who of Cuban percussionists into his band, including Rudy Collins, Ray Mantilla, Carlos "Patato" Valdez, Willie Rodriguez, and Ray Barretto.
Also includes:
Re:Discovery
We rediscover Philly's Tuff Crew, avant-synth squaller Annette Peacock, Power singer Lenny Williams, Bay Area's Mac Mall, and Salsoul's Gaz.
Obituaries
Great soul singers Lou Rawls and Wilson Pickett, the one-and-only conguero Ray Barretto, and Prestige Records founder Bob Weinstock get a Wax Poetics tribute.
Darondo
Dynamite D gives his everything.
Cut Chemist
The DJ/producer steps out front.
Left-Field Americana
Scanning the margins of the American private-press LP.
The Art of Promotion
Lobby cards and posters of the blaxploitation era.
Mother's Day
DJs and producers reminisce about their mother's music.
Detroit Beatdown
Motor City DJs and the truth about techno.
Sonny Fortune
A Spontaneous Moment: saxophonist finds his place in space.
Uniao Black
The black sheep of Brazilian soul.
Coxson's Testament
The legacy of Studio One's recordings.
Platinum Pied Pipers' Waajeed
Bump from the D: picking platters that pop.
Linda Lyndell
Mighty Good: The fall and rise of "What a Man."
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