George Benson had the music and lyrics that could cut to the chase. I find myself lost in a masquerade much too often. I 'spose that is one of the beautiful things about having a blog. You can hide behind the mask of your blog personna. Enjoy the flow of Bro. Benson. I still hold out hope. I still think that I can regain my footing and make a difference for myself, my family, my community and my people....
As the Queen of Hip Hop Soul, Mary J. Blige has built an impressive catalog of gully dance grooves and deep slow jams. But did you know that her remix game over the years is also ridiculously off the hook?...
With that little catch phrase, so end many nights in orchestra pits in and around LA. Local tradition holds that whenever a substitute player finishes his or her first night on a show, if they are particularly “on” (and they...
just a quick post, my girl has been going on a big maurice fulton bender recently, and this has encouraged me to revisit this mix of his, which is very dear to my heart. this mix kept me company on many long, boring drives between melbourne and canberra... despite maurice being around since the year dot and generally being recognised as a house legend, i still feel he is massively under-rated. as far...
By Kate Bramson CENTRAL FALLS, R.I. -- The police have charged two people in connection with recent robberies of local markets, and the two are expected to be arraigned in District Court, Providence. The arrests were made Sunday after the police were called to La Esperanza Market, at 1234 Broad St., for the report of an armed robbery around 12:55 p.m., according to a statement issued Monday by Capt....
It's The Right Time for Canadian Guitarist Rob Tardik 'The Right Time' is here and now...these are the words that drive award winning smooth jazz artist Rob Tardik.
Reggae's most prolific and engaging artist Anthony B was notified that he could be nominated for a Grammy Award in the field "Best Reggae Album" for the 2009 release "Rize Up."
Jacqui Hicks spoke with me live into the music show on Saturday 7th November, being in the Reading area as part of her latest tour. We chat about her influences such as George Benson and Stevie Wonder and her Shakatak years, of course! Hear her smoky voice again by clicking on the main heading. http://www.jacquihicks.com/ www.myspace.com/jacquihicks
"The Right Time" is here and now...These are the words that drive award winning smooth jazz artist Rob Tardik. His newest album, The Right Time is a personal statement and glimpse into his life's current musical direction, further showing the world his passion for life, music and the guitar. If you enjoy instrumental music then expect Rob's smooth guitar work to soothe your soul and provide...
Today, Sam Sifton dumps a single star on Aureole. Make no mistake about it: this is a pan, even though there are many dishes he likes—especially in the more casual front room: Mr. Palmer is a big-business restaurateur, a best seller, the Dean Koontz of the sauté and oven set. It wasn’t always so. In 1988, he was just a brash young chef who had cooked at the River Café, who...
Grub Street - New York Magazine's Food and Restaurant Blog (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Aureole “is a Las Vegas event restaurant airlifted into Manhattan, a corporate cafeteria with a soundtrack of smooth jazz in the George Benson style. The food can be quite good. It can also be the opposite. Aureole, as the New York expression goes, is meh,” writes Sam Sifton in a one-star review. [ NYT ] San Domenico’s reincarnation as SD26 “is either convoluted/newfangled...
This week, Sam Sifton takes aim at the new iteration of Aureole, the once "creamy" townhouse restaurant serving audacious American food that this year reopened as a cafeteria hawking great burgers to midtown workers at Bank of America and...
For a while I’ve wanted to be able to share a link to a track on spotify so that it jumps the right place. An example is when learning covers for the band I play in; or just to point out a great part of the track. The good new is that this is already possible! [...]