One of the all-time classic soul-jazz records gets its turn at remastering by Rudy van Gelder, the original engineer of the 1969 session. Charles Earland had a strong affinity for the organ, though he ...

Charles Earland jumps up and down on the checkerboard floor, sips his beer and makes love to the microphone. Sweat soaks his face, blurring his eyeliner. During a break between songs, he chastises his ...

“The Mighty Burner” isn’t the kind of moniker bestowed on just any man. Charles Earland earned it by cultivating one of the grittiest and greasiest organ attacks of the early Seventies. His skills ...

The organ is a roots instrument. It`s the first instrument some people ever hear played,” Charles Earland is saying, considering for a moment all the church music most people associate with the organ.

Lips Like Morphine is in fine form tonight. Feelgoods' monster sound and lighting system is treating the band well, and frontman Charles Earland's swagger impresses the ladies standing front and ...

It’s a perfect lead-in for an album that has three songs written and performed in a living room — two of which are named after its furniture — a tune written on the Groovebox, a synth/sampler ...

November 19, 2007 • Retailers everywhere already have December holiday music playing constantly. Isn't there a soundtrack for the November holiday, too? There is now. Enjoy a cornucopia of jazz that ...

Charles Earland jumps up and down on the checkerboard floor, sips his beer and makes love to the microphone. Sweat soaks his face, blurring his eyeliner. During a break between songs, he chastises his ...