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| Singer/guitarist Tally Ferraro – whose family owns the Cameron House – sits in with Col. Tom and crew from 6pm to 8pm. |
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| The newly expanded fifth edition of Blues and Gospel Recordings – 1504 pages! – is due November 16th. |
Blues and Gospel Recordings
1890–1943, Fifth Edition
Compiled by John Godrich, Robert M. W. Dixon
Revised and expanded by Howard Rye and Chris Smith
Hardcover 1504 pages, out November 16, 2026
Blues and Gospel Recordings: 1890–1943 is the fifth edition of a work that has been indispensable to listeners and scholars alike for over half a century. It is as comprehensive a listing as possible of the culturally and stylistically African American recordings made within its timeframe, with the exception of those usually regarded as jazz and those by secular vocal groups that are part of the mainstream of popular music.
The book covers all types of recorded sound documents, not only commercial recordings sold to the public on discs and cylinders but also films, transcription discs for the use of radio stations, and surviving radio broadcasts. Sound documents recorded by African Americans at locations outside the United States are included, as well as field recordings made for or deposited with academic institutions. In this new edition, the holdings of the Library of Congress are covered at greater length, in more detail, and more accurately. Numerous extensive and historically important collections held by other institutions are documented in print for the first time. The main text is preceded by a survey of the activities of the companies that recorded blues and gospel material for inclusion in Race series, along with a summary of the visits their traveling recording units made to the South.
Previous editions have been praised for their completeness and accuracy. For this edition, the text has been thoroughly revisited, with many revisions made, and significantly expanded in coverage and scope. Available as an ebook for the first time, this is the essential guide to the enjoyment and study of the first half-century of recorded African American blues and gospel music.
Available for pre-order now for $150 directly from University Press of Mississippi right here.
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| Sadly, guitarist Travis Wammack, heard on numerous Muscle Shoals recordings, has passed away. He'll be greatly missed. |
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| Raising a glass to Margaret Ayre with a few of her amazing Fern Knight recordings and performances. |
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| Dave Graney and longtime collaborator Clare Moore preview their new album with "Hits Are The Worst." Check it out. |
Here's the scoop...
"Hits Are The Worst" is the first single from Dave Graney and Clare Moore's forthcoming album, LABURNUM OF THE MIND due April 30th. The song? A Doorsy groove with a very late 60s chordal deal and flow. Kinda like Brian Auger, Traffic or The Zombies. The vocal mixed right up front. The words? Hermetic. The music, “flash and expensive but dumb, loose and goofy too. Highly illogical..”
Check it out below. Read more about Dave, Clare and the title reference to "Laburnum" – which may be puzzling for those living outside of suburban Melbourne – on Backseatmafia.com right here.
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| In a special tribute to the late Stephen Forsyth, the Revue Cinema is screening Hatchet For The Honeymoon tonight at 6:45 pm. |
Stompbox presents Mario Bava's Hatchet For The Honeymoon
A tribute to T.O. born star Stephen Forsyth
Stompbox is presenting a special tribute to HATCHET FOR THE HONEYMOON star Stephen Forsyth (1938-2025) with rare, never-seen, original film and music memorabilia from Forsyth’s own personal archives of his time in the 1960s & 1970s Italian film industry, courtesy of The Candy Bar!
Seven years after innovating the grisly Italian giallo genre, Mario Bava returned to the form to create one of its deliriously frightening gems: HATCHET FOR THE HONEYMOON (Il rosso segno della follia). Canada’s own Stephen Forsyth stars as John Harrington, the head of an affluent fashion house, who harbors an uncontrollable bloodlust for women in bridal veils. Only by murdering a succession of them, can he delve deeper into his subconscious and bring to light the primal scene that spawned his very specific homicidal fetish. With its director doubling as cinematographer, HATCHET is one of Bava's most visually sumptuous films. (Kino Lorber)
Toronto-born HATCHET star Stephen Forsyth, who passed away on September 12, 2025, was a beloved fixture of the Kensington Market neighbourhood. But also had a successful run as a marquee actor in Italy in the 1960s and early 1970s, including westerns BLOOD CALLS TO BLOOD and IN A COLT’S SHADOW, and climaxing in his final and best remembered film role, as the disturbed lead of HATCHET FOR THE HONEYMOON, before leaving Italy to focus on music composition, photography and an array of artistic interests up until his passing.
Close friend of Mr. Forsyth, Paola Giavedoni, owner of The Candy Bar – College Street’s beloved candy and confectionary institution and longtime sponsor of the Revue Cinema’s Saturday Morning All-You-Can-Eat Cereal Cartoon Party - will be bringing a collection of posters, photos, and memorabilia from the personal archives of Mr. Forsyth, documenting his time at the nerve centre of Italian film history and his work with the incomparable Mario Bava.
Get tickets for the Stompbox screening of Hatchet For The Honeymoon right here. Watch the trailer below.
