Mavis Staples Gets By With A Little Help From Her Friend Ben Harper on Wondrous 'We Get By' | Album Review

June 4, 2019 Steven Ovadia

The eleven tracks assembled here have the feel of a live show, not in terms of rawness, because Staples is always fully cooked, but more in the presentation of the songs.

Ben Harper & Charlie Musselwhite Reunite for ‘No Mercy In This Land’ Collaboration | Album Review

April 9, 2018 Sonya Alexander

On their latest collaboration, Harper and Musselwhite kick up the dust about generational addictions, living life hard, fighting inner demons, love and faith.

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On her fourth studio affair, Björk relinquishes the big beats that dominated her previous work, opting instead for hushed, whispered snatches of vocals with electronic bleeps, whirs and pulses.

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