I ♥ MUSIQUE (Free subscription) | 28/11/2009
So tonight's a night in for me on my own. My Wife is out and so is our houseguest so I'm left to my own devices. It's been a busy day and so this is good news. I'm prepped - a nice healthy meal (good quality veggie curry bits from Waitrose) and I've got a ton of music mags to catch up on, and loads on the Sky planner that's been there for far too long (some BBC documentaries like that Synth Britannia...
Band Weblogs (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Fall Out Boy's Patrick Stump and Daryl Hall get their groove on Live from Daryl's House. The two pair up for 25th installment of groundbreaking web series. Fall Out Boy vocalist Patrick Stump writes most of the music for his platinum-plus Chicago rock band, but he's also a closet R&B/soul fan who has produced tracks for fellow Windy City rapper Lupe Fiasco, and is a longtime fan of Daryl Hall’s...
The mental_floss Blogs (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Fifty years ago, Berry Gordy, a songwriter for local Detroit acts like The Matadors and Jackie Wilson, borrowed $800 from his family and founded two record labels that became incorporated a year later as Motown Record Corporation. In its half-century of existence Motown forged an unmistakable sound in popular music, turned a number of artists [...]
trading as wdr (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
"What Becomes of the Brokenhearted ?" was written by William Witherspoon, Paul Riser and James Dean and was a Motown hit for Jimmy Ruffin in 1966. This version features Zombies' vocalist Colin Blunstone with Dave Stewart on synthesisers, tweaking the arrangement and providing a new instrumental break. It was a No 13 hit in 1981. It's not the Annie Lennox-Dave Stewart - this Dave's bands included...
The Stu Reid Experiment (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
Last week , I wrote about Rod Stewart, and how sickened I was to see his name attached to a Sam Cooke LP. This week… well, it gets worse, folks, it gets worse. Plastered all over Boston are ads for Rod Stewart’s most recent album (released on Tuesday), entitled Soulbook . You can tell it’s a terrible album just by looking at the CD cover (see left). It is vomit-inducing. What, Rod,...
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009
Rod Stewart, "Soulbook" (J Records)
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009
Rod Stewart, "Soulbook" (J Records)
Retro To Go (Free subscription) | 15/10/2009
Barry Murphy returns once more to trawl the TV and radio guides (so you don't have to), finding anything worth tuning into this week. All listings are for UK terrestrial TV, Freeview and national radio, with the shows running from...
Boomtown - PS3/PSP (Free subscription) | 15/10/2009
If you don't know me by now...
Liverpool Echo.co.uk (Free subscription) | 15/10/2009
THERE’S no such thing as a simple dinner a deux in the weird and wonderful world of David Gest.
The Vinyl Word (Free subscription) | 14/10/2009
In this, my 400th post would you believe, I'm tackling the sixties and listing the 75 great soul men of the decade. There are many to choose from but these, in my humble opinion, are the creme de la creme. So here goes, starting with my top ten, and then moving on to others of note: 1. Sam Cooke (who else at number one?), 2. Otis Redding, 3. James Carr, 4. Wilson Pickett, 5. O V Wright, 6. Al Green,...
Word Magazine blogs (Free subscription) | 14/10/2009
Magazine, Devendra Banhart, Jimmy Ruffin, Seasick Steve and Wolfmother. The show was only ruined by some talentless bint whom i've never heard of, who is probably riding high in the charts with a platinum selling album. Still can't have everything.
Liverpool Echo.co.uk (Free subscription) | 13/10/2009
THIS month marks an important time for Liverpool Unites as we prepare for two massive charity events.
British Gaming Blog (Free subscription) | 25/09/2009
More SingStar, more songs – Sony brings the classic pop and soul fusion to their popular karaoke game by collecting a handful of hit tracks from the Motown record label. Playstation’s sing-along franchise offers a number of hit songs to belt out, doling out points for staying in tune. The PS3 games offer big updates to [...]
Liverpool Echo.co.uk (Free subscription) | 22/09/2009
TV STAR David Gest today vowed to bring some of the world’s greatest performers to the city for a fundraiser in aid of Liverpool Unites.
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