Padre Mickey's Dance Party (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
Ya pushes "shuffle" and ya takes yer chances. . . 1. We Are Journeying On Price Family Sacred Singers 2. Lamentations Of Jeremiah (Tallis) The Choir of King's College, Cambridge 3. Myxomatosis (Judge, Jury & Executioner) Radiohead 4. I Shall be Released The Band with Bob Dylan 5. Hymnus (Monteverde) Taverner consort 6. It's The Time To Disco Vasundhara Das, KK, Shaan, & Loy Mendonsa...
PowerPop (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
From 1966, please enjoy the great Marvin Gaye with Kim Weston , Marvin's Motown duet partner number two (after the ill-fated departure of Mary Wells to another label but before the tragic death of Tammi Terrell ) and their infernally catchy proof of the theorem that one is the loneliest number,"It Takes Two." As always, a coveted PowerPop No-Prize will be awarded the first reader who gleans...
Chris n that (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
November is here so it's time for my penultimate legend. Next week will bring the long-hoped-for opportunity to see three Motown Divas: Mable John (the first woman ever signed to the label), Chris Clark and Brenda Holloway. This month I am celebrating a Diva who sadly died nearly 40 years ago. Tammi Terrell lived a life that sounds like the sort of plotline Halle Berry would give her eyeliner to play...
New Musical Express (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
The Modfather joins up with DJ Keb Darge for double album
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- I Want You Back! Unreleased Masters (Motown/UMe), issued Nov. 10, 2009, brings to the public for the first time 12 unreleased recordings that include unique alternate versions of well-known hits as well as near classics and should-have-been-hits by one of the most popular groups of all time.
Power Line (Free subscription) | 10/17/2009
Wikipedia helpfully recalls that "Don't Go Breakin' My Heart" was written by Elton John with Bernie Taupin under the punning pseudonym "Ann Orson" and "Carte Blanche." Elton performed the song as a duet with Kiki Dee, and had a huge smash with it in 1976. Wikipedia notes that whe song was intended as an affectionate pastiche of the Motown style, notably the various duets...
Hip Hop Is Read (Free subscription) | 10/17/2009
Brilliant remixes of soulful classics by the greats like Michael Jackson and the Jackson 5, Marvin Gaye and Stevie Wonder. Tracklisting + (Rapidshare) Download Link Below: 1. K-Salaam & Beatnick - Michael Jackson - I'll Be There (Remix) (Prod. By Beatnick & K-Salaam) (4:00) 2. K-Salaam & Beatnick - Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - Ain't No Mountain High Enough (Remix) (Prod. by Beatnick...
The Vinyl Word (Free subscription) | 10/08/2009
My reader (maybe the only one!) Private Beech suggested that I add a Great Duos to the recent blogs listing Great Female Singers and Great Girl Groups. Sounds like a good idea to me, so here is a list of the great duos of the 1950s and 1960s. I've included some duet pairings by established singers, but only where they made a real impact via one or two albums, not just one offs. To kick off, here are...
The Smoking Section (Free subscription) | 10/02/2009
Before this year, I hadn’t heard too much about Beatnick & K-Salaam. But after their mixtape Where The Streets Have No Name held my car’s stereo down for a solid week, they were officially on my radar. Now the production duo’s back with their latest effort Beatnick & K-Salaam Present… Never Can Say Goodbye, where [...]
The Vinyl Word (Free subscription) | 09/29/2009
I've just watched Gladys Knight on Jools Holland's show on BBC2 and was in raptures. She's fantastic. To think that it's nearly 50 years since I first heard her sing with the Pips. Doesn't seem possible. Still. it made me think about the great female singers who I've had the pleasure of hearing and, in some cases, seeing over the years. So here is my top 50 female singers (and apologies to any I've...
Toxic Monday Morning Office Blues, Again (Free subscription) | 09/29/2009
Disc One: Sank 1. Sank - The Beatles 2. Sank’s Gotten Hold Of My Heart - Gene Pitney 3. Sank Happened - Billy Bragg 4. (There Is Always) Sank There To Remind Me – Sandie Shaw 5. He Was Really Sayin' Sank - The Velvelettes 6. When Sank is Wrong With My Baby - Sam & Dave 7. I Started Sank I Couldn't Finish - The Smiths 8. Everybody's Got Sank To Hide Except Me And My Monkey – The...
PinBoard (Free subscription) | 09/26/2009
Click cover to download I actually forgot about this mixtape. There were so many different tracks leaking for it, I some how, subconsciously assumed it was out or scrapped. That aside, I’m glad it finally dropped because the material I was hearing sounded so bloody good, I was left desperately wanting more. The wait is over [...]
Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 09/25/2009
| | September 24, 2009What music makes you cry? And why'Do you ever listen to music and suddenly start to choke up?I do. Sometimes I can feel it coming, and sometimes it takes me by surprise. I get chills, choke up, and occasionally, cry. Depends on the song and my mood.The first few times I heard Emmylou Harris' "," I had to try hard not to cry. I know girls like the one in the song, and...
Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 09/25/2009
| | September 24, 2009What music makes you cry? And why'Do you ever listen to music and suddenly start to choke up?I do. Sometimes I can feel it coming, and sometimes it takes me by surprise. I get chills, choke up, and occasionally, cry. Depends on the song and my mood.The first few times I heard Emmylou Harris' "," I had to try hard not to cry. I know girls like the one in the song, and...
New Musical Express (Free subscription) | 09/24/2009
13-year-old Dionne Bromfield is first release on singer’s Lioness Records
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