Naki (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Hey! I know ya'll have been buying SUGAR -- but where are your photos'?? I was hoping to have a nice thick album full of your smiling faces (holding a copy SUGAR) to commemorate the 10th Anniversary. So far I only have three! (sad face) -- Come on ya'll don't be shy! Any-hoo -- the SUGAR PHOTO OF THE DAY is from Vickie Beene the Librarian in MA - Thanks VB for doing your part to make Sugar's 10th Anniversary...
Free Download Mp3 Songs and Free Do (Free subscription) | 10/17/2009
The Masters Series: Mellow Groove (2009) Artist: VA Album: The Masters Series: Mellow Groove (2009) Label: Sony Release Date: 2009 Genre: R&B, Soul Tracks: 13 Time: 73:13 min Size: ~ 108 MB Quality: mp3 | VBR kbps / 44.1kHz / Joint Stereo Download or Download or Download Tracklist: 01. Luther Vandross - She's So Good To Me 02. Juicy - Sugar Free 03. Toto Ft Cheryl Lynn - Georgy Porgy 04. Michael...
breath of life (Free subscription) | 08/10/2009
This week begins with a homage to Phyllis Hyman and continues with a peek at jazz saxophonist Donald Harrison, and concludes with a taste of new music from Novalima, a band from Peru.
breath of life (Free subscription) | 08/10/2009
Smooth jazz, ballads, big band swing, and straight-ahead contemporary jazz, Phyllis Hyman was able to ace it all.
Soulculture Blog (Free subscription) | 08/10/2009
JAZMINE SULLIVAN @ JAZZ CAFE, LONDON TUESDAY 8TH SEPTEMBER Jazmine Sullivan is finally doing a London gig! Catch her at London’s Jazz Cafe in September… Details below. Doors 7pm Adv £16.50 Click here to buy tickets directly from Jazz Cafe. What’s in a name? Well, if the name happens to include a reference to a musical genre, it could mean a whole lot. [...]
The Starting Five (Free subscription) | 07/31/2009
Not gonna beat you all up with a serious question this week, so bear with me. As the deadline for my first book approaches, another one is being formed. I’m co-authoring a fantasy with another writer set in D.C. that should be really hot. I don’t really want to say more until the story is [...]
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 07/13/2009
Leela James' performance Friday at the Keswick Theater can only be described as a battle for the resurrection of classic soul music. James, a petite chanteuse with gritty chops, led the charge with the force of a soul-music warrior defending the genre by any means necessary.
Vedasri (Free subscription) | 07/08/2009
Dancing, devoted Gators fans, forgotten songbirdsTampabay.comIf you want to hear one of the silkiest, soulful songbirds to ever gift an ear, download some of Phyllis Hyman's greatest like Betcha by Golly Wow, ...and more » http://vedasri.com/?q=phyllis+hyman
composite drawlings (Free subscription) | 06/30/2009
Go away. Why won't you skedaddle? Got a nasty hitch in your git-along? Your get-up-and-go got up and went? Turn your toes and make your way yonder, then beyond. Why aren't you heading out? Oh, you came here with a purpose, did you? And you won't go until you get what you want. Boo yah . So, what was it you wanted from me (as if I couldn't guess this, since I am, after all, a seer of renown). You want...
breath of life (Free subscription) | 06/15/2009
This week we go back to the early years with a visit to New Orleans blues piano professor, Champion Jack Dupree. Our contemporary travels take us to Cameroun via France for the exciting work of Sandra Nkaké. We close with five versions of "Betcha By Golly Wow" featuring The Stylistics, Cool Riddims and Sista Teedy, [...]
Pan-African News Wire (Free subscription) | 06/06/2009
Norman Otis Richmond of CKLN radio and Roy Heron at the University of Toronto on September 13, 2008. The photo was taken after a lecture delivered by Abayomi Azikiwe, PANW editor. (Photo: Abayomi Azikiwe). Originally uploaded by Pan-African News Wire File Photos 30th Anniversary of Black Music Month Norman (Otis) Richmond will appear on the African Woman and Family Saturday, June 6th between 12-1pm...
Billboard (Free subscription) | 05/18/2009
The lives and careers of Supremes founding member Florence Ballad, Minnie Riperton, Shalamar and Melba Moore will be the focus of TV One's second installment of its "Unsung" series.
The Mo'Kelly Report (Free subscription) | 05/01/2009
Norman Connors (born March 1, 1947 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American jazz drummer. Connors became interested in jazz as a child, and began playing drums early, once sitting in for Elvin Jones at a John Coltrane performance he attended while in middle school. Connors studied music at Temple University and Juilliard; his first recording was [...]
Kevin Nottingham: This Is Hip Hop (Free subscription) | 04/12/2009
Phyllis Hyman: “Magic Mona” From the Fish That Saved Pittsburgh Soundtrack (1979) [See post to listen to audio] Method Man & Redman: “Ayo” From the album Blackout 2 (2009) Produced by Pete Rock [See post to listen to audio] Trav Williams: “Something New” From the album The Trickle Down (2008) Produced by 20 Keys [See post to listen to audio] When I first heard...
SOHH Blogs (Free subscription) | 03/24/2009
Keri Hilson isn't the only r&b chick with an album out today, one of my favorite soul singers Leela James is dropping her Shanachie Records album Let's Do It Again today as well and I had a chance to talk to her about what it took to make the project, as well as the new look she's rocking on the album cover.
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