Album Review: Curtis Harding – “Face Your Fear” + Album Stream

Curtis Mayfield. Sam Cooke. Al Green. James Brown. And then there’s Leon Bridges, Benjamin Booker, JD McPherson, Jack White and The James Hunter Six. This is the lineage, past and present, to which Curtis Harding belongs. Funk, soul, classic R&B. The music pays tribute to hey-day Stax records, the swinging 60’s and the free love 70’s, in equal measure.

Read Article →

Album Review: Wu-Tang Clan: The Saga Continues

To clear up the confusion, I’ll start this review by saying that there are two distinct and separate Wu-Tang music brands. There are the albums that are canonical, that is, Wu-Tang Clan albums. And there are albums that are non-canonical. That is Wu-Tang albums. No Clan.

Read Article →

July/August 2017 Vandala Magazine: Double Issue! Festival Coverage, Dope D.O.D, Will Varley

The kids will be back in school as we reminisce about all the summer fun we had; as you will see we had a lot of it!  On the cover […]

Read Article →