Aloe Blacc, Michelle Williams, Ruth B., and more join linuep for An Evening of Respect!
The 2018 An Evening of Respect will take place on January 25 at the Apollo Theater in New York City. On the 50th Anniversary of the release of “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay,” Billboard announced this morning that Aloe Blacc, Michelle Williams, Ruth B., and Nikka Costa join Jussie Smollett, Warren Haynes, Marcus […]
Otis & Dexter Redding, Jussie Smollet, and more announced for 2018 Evening of Respect
As previously announced, the legendary Apollo Theater in Harlem, New York City, NY, will host the 2018 Evening of Respect. Whoopi Goldberg will host, and the Dap Kings will serve as the house band backing performances by Otis Redding III and Dexter Redding, Steve Cropper, Jussie Smollett of Empire, Paul Janeway of St. Paul and […]
Remembering Otis Redding 50 Years Later
The Redding Family will be joining the world on December 10, 2017 in remembering Otis Redding 50 years after he died tragically in a plane crash at the age of 26. Redding was flying with his band in his twin-engine Beechcraft, when it crashed into Lake Monona in Madison, Wis. that tragic day in 1967. […]
Otis’ Voice Celebrated on WBUR’s Open Source
Listen here! The Afterlife of Otis Redding