Okay, this has basically nothing to do with the theme of this here blog, but I've always liked it so I thought I'd share. So, from the summer of '67, please enjoy Spyder Turner 's version of Ben E. King 's oft-covered "Stand By Me." Complete with vocal impressions of Sam Cooke , Eddie Kendricks , James Brown and several other greats of soul and r&b. This is the uncut album version, BTW;...
For those of you not hitting the town tonight and looking for something to watch on TV, look no further than VH1 . At 9:30 PM, they'll be premiering Soul Train: The Hippest Trip In America , the newest episode in their Rock Docs series. Soul Train was the soul/funk/R&B/blues answer to shows like American Bandstand , and for 1,100 episodes would showcase not only the hottest acts, but the hippest...
Erykah Badu’s new album has been pushed back many times. New Amerykah Part Two (Return of the Ankh) was slated for a 2009 release, then they said it will be out this February (unless it leaks then Badu will not release it at all) and now it’s scheduled to be out on march 30th, 2010. [...]
Out in March, the new mum is back with the second installment of her amazing Amerykah series. According to the press release: Return of the Ankh features live instrumentation and taps into Badu’s emotional side by thematically focusing on romance and relationships. “With Part I, I was standing at an apex, looking at what was going on around me politically, socially, and economically,”...
Erykah Badu’s fifth studio album, New Amerykah Part II: Return of the Ankh, drops on March 30th 2010 via Universal Motown. According to Pitchfork, Billboard originally reported that Badu would include a track called “Jump in the Air”, which would feature a ton of guest rappers, including Lil Wayne and Andre 3000. But a Wayne-featured early version [...]
Hey, remember when I was doing Friday Random Tens based on ten songs that started with the same word, one for each letter of the alphabet? Good times. Let’s pretend I’ve been doing that all along and keep it going with the letter K. 1. Keep Her On The Line – The Moondoggies 2. Keep It Comin’ [...]
The holiday season’s over, and it seems we’ve been thrust back into the standard, grinding routine. This transition can be a bit disheartening, but fortunately we have music with which we can escape. I’ve been grooving of late to a song from the Temptations that seems well suited to my escapist thoughts. It’s called, appropriately, “Just My Imagination (Running Away With...
Despite their moniker’s obvious allure and an impressive battery of hits, by the early 1970s the original Temptations were slowly coming apart. David Ruffin had packed his bark and split in 1968, followed three years later by a partner who swung so sweetly for the stars: Eddie Kendricks, with tones on loan from Heaven. The feather-light “Eddie’s Love” floated down the otherwise...
Mais infos: http://mtv.uol.com.br/soultime/blog/ou%C3%A7-melhor-sele%C3%A7%C3%A3o-de-soul-natalino-para-acompanhar-sua-festa 1. Jing Jing A Ling ~ Honey and the Bees (Chess) 2. Merry Christmas, Baby ~ Otis Redding (Atco) 3. This Christmas ~ Donny Hathaway (Atco) 4. Stevie Wonder Drop (Motown) 5. Snowflakes ~ Betty Lloyd (Thomas) 6. What Do The Lonely Do At Christmas? ~ The Emotions (Volt) 7. The Gift...
Patchworks aka Bruno Hovart, the prolific French producer, who's given us the Metropolitan Jazz Affair and The Dynamics among others, issues a new mix right in time for the debut LP of his new alias, the Uptown Funk Empire .
Notes from YouTube; Given the fact that Motown had not been conducting Live sessions with the vocalists and instrumentalists recording at the same time since at least 1963, this session was clearly staged for the CBS News cameras that were doing a brief piece called The Motown Sound. Pictured in the studio are songwriters Lamont Dozier (Standing on the steps at the back of the studio), Brian Holland...
Only 10 sleeps to go until what could well be the gig of the year. The night will begin with IG Culture 's Zen Badizsm Workshop project - Channeling the conscious energy of jazz labels like Strata East and Tribe , the heart-melting soul of Eddie Kendricks , and the spirituality of Ra through the cutting edge musicianship of IG and collaborators including Bilal Salaam, CoreyWilkes, Pino P alladino and...
I know this yet another new artist but trust me, CLICK THIS - sh!t is hot (word to Eddie Kendricks ): Amor Jones - "Showed Up" (prod. by Thelonious Martin ) Click HERE for The Kitchen on Amor Jones previously. Online: Amor Jones - myspace | twitter
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