It used to take more than a Distrokid account and cracked version of Ableton to get your music into the world. Back in theBefore Times, an artist had two choices when it came to releasing an album: convince a record label or call the local pressing plant. Tens of thousands of...
Four years in the making, this box set seeks not to finalize the Syl Johnson story but simply to set its foundations in stone. After three years drifting rudderless through phone calls, meetings, and off-the-cuff interviews, the still-childlike Syl—sporting Karl Kani knock-off jeans and his Obama cap slightly askew—finally relented.
