The decades-long battle with drug addiction, which ultimately led to her untimely demise, contributed to vocalist Esther Phillips' status as a tragic second-tier figure in the larger annals of popular ...

SHE ISN’T discussed much these days, which is a shame because once you experience the soul of Esther Phillips you never forget it.I had only heard her name but not the music. Then a few weeks ...

It was only a few years ago that I discovered Esther Phillips. I don’t recall ever hearing her records while growing up in the ’80s, when she had long fallen into obscurity and was dead by the ...