Articles by Matt Bauer

Earth, Wind & Fire

Live In Japan

PUBLISHED Oct 23, 2008

Given the amount of concert DVDs that Earth, Wind and Fire have issued over the years, Live In Japan may seem superfluous. Shot during a cr...

Leon Ware

PUBLISHED Oct 7, 2008

To the casual soul music fan, Leon Ware may be best known as the producer and co-writer of Marvin Gaye’s landmark 1976 erotic funk opus I W...

Stuff

Live At Montreux 1976

PUBLISHED Sep 26, 2008

Stuff Live at Montreux 1976 may not be "the single greatest gathering of the history of modern music,” as the liner notes proclaim, but it’...

Wassabi Collective

She's Not Forgotten

PUBLISHED Jul 25, 2008

There’s a great album lurking on the edges of Nelson, BC’s Wassabi Collective’s sophomore effort, Stories Not Forgotten. At most times, thi...

Marie "Queen" Lyons

Soul Fever

PUBLISHED Apr 25, 2008

Originally released in 1970, Soul Fever is a forgotten Southern soul masterpiece. Little is known about Louisiana-bred Marie "Queenie” Lyon...

Maceo Parker

Roots & Grooves

PUBLISHED Apr 25, 2008

Maceo Parker returns with a knockout on Roots & Grooves, a two-disc set recorded live with Cologne’s WDR big band. The first disc is a hear...

Angie Stone

The Art of Love and War

PUBLISHED Feb 20, 2008

After 2004’s underrated Stone Love, Angie Stone was dropped from Clive Davis’s J Records label and appeared on VH-1’s Celebrity Fit Club. T...

Various

Achtung German Grooves: 20 Instrumental Dancefloor Killers From the 60s and 70s

PUBLISHED Feb 20, 2008

On the surface, Achtung may seem incredibly cheesy; it’s a 20-track deep compilation of late ’60s and early ’70s instrumental funk and soul...