Gwen McCrae helped the pre-Bicentennial U.S. find another use for the “Rockin’ Chair,” turning the piece of furniture into one of the soundtracks of the summer of 1975. McCrae was one of the soulful ...

Sometimes the word instrumental makes me shiver or worry. I can recall them sometimes being used as a cheap filler on a B-side. But many others far exceed those memories and stand up as singles in ...