Martin Amos

Los Angeles-based soul brother number one, The Reverend Shawn Amos, continues his mission to preach joyful blues to the world on his third album The Reverend Shawn Amos Breaks It Down, set to release February 16. When asked to write a short reflection describing the album and what he means by calling it a collection of 21st century Freedom Songs, this is his response: “this album was born while on tour through the American south during the spring of 2017. Driving through Tennessee and Alabama, I was reminded of my color, my otherness. I was drawn to how we pull ourselves apart while needing each other so badly. I revisited the freedom songs of The Staples Singers while visiting the ghosts of Birmingham and Memphis. Time stands still and life marches on.”

Né dans une famille juive aisée de la Russie impériale, Jacques Schiffrin (1892-1950), éditeur de renom, connut à deux reprises l’exil. D’abord à Paris, où il fut en 1931 le fondateur de la « Bibliothèque de la Pléiade », puis, dans les années 1940, à New York, où il participa à la création de Pantheon Books.

In seinem neuen Erzählungsband knüpft Amos Oz an seine großen Erfolge an und kehrt zu seinen Wurzeln zurück, zu der Zeit, die ihn am meisten inspiriert hat: seine Kibbuz-Jahre. Die acht Erzählungen spielen im fiktiven Kibbuz Ikat und zeichnen prägnante und feinfühlige Porträts von Frauen und Männern, die ihren ganz eigenen Träumen und ihrem eigenen Schmerz nachhängen, immer im Schatten des großen Traums vom Kollektiv…

In The Theology of Amos Yong and the New Face of Pentecostal Scholarship a table of experts offer an introduction to the writings, motivations, arguments, and methodology of one of the most influential voices of current Pentecostal scholarship.

Amazon Review by Stuart Jefferson: If you're a blues fan chances are you're already familiar with (if you don't already own) some/many/all of these albums. But if you don't own these sets (or have only a few) this is a good way to own all 20 albums in one nice, neat box. The sound is the same as the individual albums which is very good for the various periods when these tracks were originally recorded. The jackets are fairly thick cardboard and are reproductions of the original covers. The outer box is also of good quality. There's a 34 page booklet that has a few paragraphs on each disc, and track lists, but no detailed liner notes to really put this music into some kind of perspective, but information on these artists and styles is available in various blues books/encyclopedias and on the internet.