Note: CD Cover Coming _ T.U.M.S. Advance Review: CD Available in 2010 Dee Dee Bridgewater – Eleanora Fagan (1917-1959) To Billie with Love from Dee Dee Billie Holiday’s musical legacy is so memorable despite the tragic circumstances she surrounded herself with. Many musicians and singers from various genres of …
Listen to advance track from the BlackRoots Unlimited project called “12welve FUNKtions of Nu’ Jazz” by clicking play below! BlackRoots Unlimited, what can I say about them? This is their 5th project and they are getting better and better after every release. Their latest album “12wleve Funktions of Nu’Jazz” …
Listen to “Gas Lamp Groove” from Matt Marshack’s project called “Family Funktion” by clicking play below! It been a minute since Matt Marshak released his last cd “On the rocks”. Since then, he’s touring here and there and everywhere. So I was wondering when he had time to drop this …
Trippin n Rhythm Records – The Very Best of Christmas I’m always looking for that special new holiday project to keep in my cd player or in the ipod. This year it happens to be this wonderful project, The Very Best of Christmas, from Trippin n’ Rhythm. Never have I …
This promising debut CD “Loving Life”(Epiphany Productions), from Bay Area native Kaylah Marin, is a nice collection of good old fashioned Soul with the flair of thoughtful and introspective lyrics. Produced by hit making producer, Narada Michael Walden, (Whitney Houston “How Will I Know”, Mariah Carey “I Don’t Wanna Cry” …
Angie Stone | Unexpected
by Peggy Oliver
Remember the artist Angie B? That was the moniker for Angie Stone during her days as part of the Sugar Hill Records trio The Sequence, who along with Ladies Fresh opened the female rap game for the Salt ‘n Peppa’s and Queen Latifah’s of the world. But from the ‘who would have known’ department; who could have imagined the rapper Angie B transforming into a sophisticated songstress named Stone breathing new life into hip-hop a decade later?
Motown The DVD “Definitive Performances” In 1959 the world began its love affair with the Motown sound. Barry Gordy’s genius changed to way we listen to music and broke many society barriers. This DVD is packed with Motown performances and rare interviews that will astonish you. It was The Marvelettes …
Shirley Caesar – A City Called Heaven A few years ago, I had the utmost pleasure in witnessing a full-on church service as Shirley Caesar was administering the word of God to her audience. I say the word administer as opposed to performing because Pastor Caesar’s business is wholeheartedly …
The Whispers | Thankful
by Terrill Hanna
Just looking at the photograph of the Whispers above sends me back down memory lane. We are talking about a group of crooners who brought about some of the most wonderful love ballads & hip shaking groove jams from over a whopping 35 years plus. They have charted a tremendous amount of singles, broke ground & elevated the pure essence of R&B/Soul music & left a trademark niche in their sounds so distinguishable, the minute you hear Walter or Scotty croon…YOU KNOW ITS THE WHISPERS. Bottomline.
Listen to “The One”, by Marva King, exclusively from Amazon on our R&B/Soul page by clicking here! Marva King – The One EP Marva King is every woman, one of the definitive soul sisters that lets loose with her feelings in every note she sings. With a life built …