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Reviews (3)
Smithsonian Folkways
d. 24. Jan. 2018
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d. 24. Jan. 2018
"The 2-disc retrospective honors one of the unsung champions of American music. This career-spanning collection reflects over 60 years of the eclectic musical history of this trailblazing folk, blues and jazz singer and offers unparalleled insight into the living legend cited as an inspiration by Bob Dylan and Bonnie Raitt, and whose own early mentors included Pete Seeger and Count Basie. Barbara Dane was a rising star in the late 1950s, performing and recording with many of the greats of jazz and blues including Louis Armstrong, Earl Hines and Jack Teagarden. She counted Langston Hughes and Lenny Bruce among her fans and was the first white woman to grace the cover of Ebony Magazine. An activist since her teens in Detroit, she was outspoken in her views on race and social justice and was unwilling to make the kind of compromises demanded by the music business of the day".
Mojo
2018 June
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Michael Simmons
2018 June
"Our Mother of Americana finally gets collected: While she got labelled a folkie because she often plays acoustically and is a devoted political activist, Dane started out as a jazz and blues singer, with a honeyed blues belt reminiscent of Bessie Smith. We hear early sides with nightclubbing jazzmen, live tracks with blues giants Lightnin' Hopkins, Memphis Slim and Willie Dixon, as well as pro-union sing-alongs with Pete Seeger and studio work with a pre-rock Chambers Brothers. There are art songs, anti-Reagan satire and duets with country guitar god Doc Watson - the thread is that voice loaded with humanity".
fRoots
2018 Summer
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Dave Peabody
2018 Summer
"In 1949 Barbara moved to San Francisco (...) and participated in the nascent folk scene. She also gravitated towards blues and jazz at an early stage and her voluminous husky voice can be heard to good effect on the many blues and jazz tracks included here. Performing blues with the likes of Memphis Slim and Willie Dixon in the late '50s, she laid the groundwork for artists like Janis Joplin and Bonnie Raitt. And she sang jazz with everybody from local San Francisco bands, to Earl Hines, Jack Teagarden and Louis Armstrong ... With the release of this retrospective, we can all sing this amazing woman's praises".