Jahsonic (Free subscription) | 30/09/2008
Our musical correspondent Scott asked me to make this. Here we go. If we assume disco started with “Soul Makossa” by Manu Dibango in 1972 we can make a top ten of disco tracks by moving chronologically from 1972 to 1981, and moving from proto-disco, to disco and touching the beginnings of post-disco. “Soul Makossa” [...]
SOHH Blogs (Free subscription) | 19/09/2008
R.Kelly may not be the cleanest cut singer in the business but he's no dummy. Chicago's self-proclaimed "King of R&B" knows how to strike while the iron is hot, and with his BET interview fresh on everybody's minds Kells recently premiered a new video for his song "Skin." Check the video out below:
undomondo (Free subscription) | 12/09/2008
Been working on undomondo redesign since the morning, don’t have the energy to write a post, therefore fixed a few broken links and that’s it for today. Deep soulful music from 2007 still fresh.. More dance : Avantgarde Soul Stuff Summer Styles 1 Trinityroots - The Dream Mark de Clive-Lowe - Slide Cue Kids - Blue Mood Benjamin Devigne - [...]
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 28/08/2008
Get your feet tappin' and your fingers snappin' with all the smooth sounds you can handle
All Africa (Free subscription) | 19/08/2008
A MIX OF SOUTH AFRICAN AND overseas jazz musicians will, at the end of this month, grace the annual Standard Bank Joy of Jazz Festival -- the first major entertainment event after the ugly violence that rocked that country early in the year.
Soulbounce.com (Free subscription) | 30/07/2008
A long time ago, before Mary J. Blige's My Life passed into becoming a classic--her defining moment, the R&B album by which we gauge all succeeding R&B albums, the album that we play on repeat to get over that trifling...
Soulbounce.com (Free subscription) | 21/07/2008
Bouncers, I hope you were keeping an eye on the calendar while we were away. The past few weeks have been chock full of great events. In case you missed out, never fear. I'm back to make sure you stay...
Liz Burr (Free subscription) | 16/07/2008
Another week, another Exchange drop from the crew. This week our theme is JORGE!, because today is George's birthday! The Playlist: Jen | Can't C Me - Tupac feat. George Clinton OJ | King George - Roy Ayers Ouxu | So Fresh So Clean - Outkast...
Zero G Sound (Free subscription) | 15/07/2008
. This meeting of the minds and bands of Afro-funk creator Fela Anikulapo-Kuti and American vibist and R&B/jazz innovator Roy Ayers is a collaboration that shouldn't work on the surface. Fela's music was raw, in your face politically and socially, and musically driven by the same spirit as James Brown's JBs. At the time of this recording in 1979, Ayers had moved out of jazz entirely and become an R&B...
Remove the Labels (Free subscription) | 14/07/2008
This is the 3rd and final part of my live recording from my residency at The Beach House in Port Macquarie (NSW, Australia). This is the end part of the night so lots of high energy funky stuff, a few classic for good measure and lots of feel good main room vibes. Enjoy! Cerrone feat Jocelyn Brown [...]
The Smoking Section (Free subscription) | 13/07/2008
I didn’t upload the cover here because it’s a little too raunchy for some of your virgin eyes. Therefore the classic P pic was subbed in. Nevertheless… *Taps microphone & clears throat before steppin to the podium* I would like to present this for your summer rotation… Rapmullet.com & DJ 2Mello present Summer Breeze Slow Jams The mix is [...]
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 10/07/2008
The Yohimbe Brothers are an electronica world music mash-up group, with elements of salsa, brazilian, american disco, r&b and black rock surrounded by turntable manipulations, samples and loops. NEW JERSEY THURSDAY JULY 31 Chase Sounds of the City Summer Festival Theater Square One Center Street Newark, New Jersey 07102 Cost: FREE...
Mirror On America (Free subscription) | 28/06/2008
Playlist 1. What You Won't Do For Love 2. Everybody Loves The Sunshine 3. Running Away 4. Searching 5. Pretty Brown Skin 6. Holiday 7. Hummin' 8. Mystic Voyage 9. Liquid Love 10. Don't Stop The Feeling 11. The Memory
Soulbounce.com (Free subscription) | 27/06/2008
NOVA: July 1 (The Roots, Prince, Janet Jackson, Common) [ODEO]VIBEMISTRESS: The Original 6/16 (Mos Def, The Jacksons, Van Hunt, Leela James) [SSR]AKILI/ONE: Groovyclectic 6/20 (Robin Thicke, Raekwon, Amel Larrieux, Estelle) [GC]DJ PS: Weekly Show #25 (Osunlade, Erro, Atjazz, DJ...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 25/06/2008
20th annual jazz festival cool way to spend weekend in city ASBURY PARK -- The 20th annual Asbury Park Jazz Festival, this year featuring trumpeter Tom Browne, keyboardist Lonnie Liston Smith and vibraphonist Roy Ayers, will be held from noon to 7 p.m. Saturday and Sunday in Sunset Park. Dreamed up by city employees and merchants 20 years ago, the early jazz festivals were among the city's few constants...
