Having been compared to the late and great James Brown, Lee Fields is taking over the horned soul and jazz stratosphere. He has released several exceedingly smooth albums, including My World, Faithful Man and Special Night. Fields may have started in the 50s, but his music is just as influential today as it was then. …
Unless someone comes out with an excellent Christmas album in the next couple weeks, here’s my top ten of 2014: St. Paul and the Broken Bones Half the City The Budos Band Burnt Offering Lee Fields and the Expressions Emma Jean Benjamin Booker Violent Shiver Prince Art Official Age Jack White Lazaretto Sharon Jones and …