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The Doors' "Riders On The Storm" and the Beach Boys' "California Girls" are among 25 recordings being inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.
A Sweet Unrest (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
One or both of my children have been sick for the past five weeks. Is that even allowed? Thankfully it was never anything serious but it did keep me away from lots of things I like to do. I don't...
The Liberators of Hip Hop (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Artist: The Isley Brothers Album: Go All The Way Release Date: 1980 Why are they never brought up when the Jackson 5, the Osmonds, Jonas Brothers, and Hanson are brought up? Is Hanson ever really brought up? Probably not. Okay, they might have had a brother in law in the group. But family is family no matter what that is something you are taught by family. The Isley Brothers have been around for about...
jaguars.com (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
jaguars.com sits down with DE Julius Williams to find out more about his likes and dislikes.
DCist (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Last year we ran a Three Stars feature on Silver Spring-based Zo! , aka Lorenzo Ferguson, and by all accounts, he hasn't had a slow moment since then. Zo! played a critical role in The Foreign Exchange's acclaimed Leave It All Behind album and has toured with the group extensively. Not to mention, he's been working on his own LP, SunStorm , which will be released early next year. In the meantime,...
Some Velvet Blog (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
My friend Peter Himmelman did this really funny bit on his internet show Furious World last night called "The Black Man's Treatment" where he compared a song by a duo he deemed the "whitest duo ever" to a cover of their song by a Black artist. The duo: Seals & Crofts. The song: "Summer Breeze." The cover: by the Isley Brothers. Have to say the way he framed it up was...
WireTap Magazine (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Funk musician and Democratic campaigner Marvin Hawkins discusses the connections between his careers in music and politics.
Pasadena Events Calendar (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Erica Ash, Paulette Ivory, Berlando Drake and Crystal Starr Knighton Wrapped in the sensational songs of the 60s, Baby It’s You! is the new musical about the groundbreaking girl group, The Shirelles and Florence Greenberg, the New Jersey housewife who discovered them. With the help of African-American songwriter, producer Luther Dixon, who became her lover, Florence [...]
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
Music Reviews: Show accidentally revealed a whole new side to the singer - R. Kelly the irrepressible goofball.
The Audacity of Dope (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
Here’s a dope new EP from Zo!, covering some classic songs by the likes of Stevie Wonder, Prince, Bobby Caldwell, Quincy Jones, the Isley Brothers, and more. Zo! (I always like including the exclamation point in his name) is insanely talented by himself, and when you bring in Phonte, Darien Brockington, Carlitta Durand, Sy Smith, [...]
The Smoking Section (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
There’s nothing better than when the future of the funk all comes together for an album. But when the announcement of the formation of FE Music came several months ago, I held out hope that more music would be forthcoming, allowing the loose consortium of friends and artists to collaborate more. The time is now [...]
Caesar Tjalbo (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
1960 - 1964. From the "Producers and songwriters series" from Ace. Writer and producer, of "Here comes the night" by the Them, for example. He also tried his own hand at performing, as a singer and musician, but with not much success.A CD about a producer, so we need to listen for the sound quality and arrangements, eh? Don't worry, if anything's very obvious, it's that. There are...
The National Pages Blog (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
The Supremes, an American female singing group, were the premier act of Motown Records during the 1960s. Originally founded as The Primettes in Detroit, Michigan, in 1959, The Supremes’ repertoire included doo-wop, pop, soul, Broadway show tunes, psychedelic soul, and disco. They were the most commercially successful of Motown’s acts and are, to date, America’s most [...]
Shine Silently (Free subscription) | 10/18/2009
Been awhile between posts. We've had a busy month and we finally decided on the Honda CR-V. We are planning Benjamin's 4th birthday party. This month has flown by so far. So yesterday we went to Weena's cousin Karina's wedding in Warrenton, Virvinia. It was at The Black Horse Inn. While the weather wasn't ideal, the ceremony was beautiful and the reception was a lot of fun. Benjamin had a great time....
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...
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Top-Selling Jazz : Jazz-Funk albums (#171 - #210) SUPA LOWERY BROS: Street Bop Live Instruments with an original Hip Hop/Jazz feel. Recommended if you like The Roots , A Tribe Called Quest , Jill, scott . CD price: $15.97 TONY ADAMO: Straight Up Deal "Like Lou Rawls fronting Tower of Power" Stuart Hamilton Amazon.co.uk "Think Lou Reed but funkified" Smoothjazz.com "Straight Up Deal" reveals the vocal...
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Following two highly successful albums with her husband, Kenny Lattimore , Grammy nominee Chante Moore returns with her long awaited first solo CD in nearly a decade, Love The Woman, due June 17th on Peak Records.
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