Like our writers’ words? Well, you can find a lot of them in our salute to Rhythm Nation 1814 and Janet Jackson’s long career, published earlier this week. And once you’re done reading that, there’s more for you!
- For Bandcamp Daily, Joshua Minsoo Kim interviewed producer Loraine James about her new album For You and I, queer minority visibility in London, and making music out of one’s comfort zone.
- For Rock & Roll Globe, Thomas Inskeep revisits the top Hot Soul Singles for the week ending September 28, 1974, featuring everyone from Stevie Wonder to Chaka Khan to Parliament and Funkadelic.
- Inskeep also reviewed the top country & western hits of 1946 on his blog.
- For In Review Online, Ryo Miyauchi reviewed the new Bat for Lashes album, Lost Girls, which “feels like a rejuvenation.”
- And finally, for The Young Folks, Leonel Manzanares de la Rosa examined Loro, Paolo Sorrentino’s new film about the “diabolical burlesque” of longtime Italian strongman Silvio Berlusconi.