All Africa (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
DJ Sly, also known as Phenyo Ntshinogang, has released a scorcher of an album titled House Is My Life.
The KEXP Blog (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
Every week I choose an album to spotlight on KEXP. This week it’s soul legend Bill Withers, who mixes pop and soul like no one else. Bill Withers’ songs are soulful, literary and emotional. If you only hear his songs, and don’t ever get an earful of him in an interview, you’d never know [...]
Delusions of Divinity (Free subscription) | 26/09/2008
Friday 26: Little red light, shake ‘em on down, little green light… must I holler, must I shake ‘em down. If Irene ever heard me play Harlem/Cold Baloney over and over, dancing away in the bedsit above her, she never said anything. In fact, she would let me use her place as well when I [...]
Mazurland Blog (Free subscription) | 23/09/2008
My wife and I had a great time on our little getaway. We stopped at several wineries, stocking up for Christmas, and made it to Ports Cafe. My wife was impressed, both with how unassuming the place looks, particularly on...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 19/09/2008
"Just The Two of Us" by Bill Withers just came on, the song that played after we were pronounced man and wife. It's been 2 1/2 months since I've seen my husband.
Tonet's daily (Free subscription) | 17/09/2008
A soothing rendition of Bill Withers Lovely Day. Lee Ritenour amazing guitar is simply flawless. Lovely Day Lyrics by Lee Ritenour When I wake up in the morning love and the sun light hurts my eyes And something without warning love bears heavy on my mind. Then I look at you and the world’s alright with me Just one look at you and I [...]
Rock and Roll Daily (Free subscription) | 15/09/2008
The 10-day Toronto International Film Festival ended this past weekend after the screening of 312 movies from 64 countries. Here’s a quick guide to the fest’s must-see music films: • It Might Get Loud is a documentary from An Inconvenient Truth’s Davis Guggenheim about the electric guitar, as told by three generations of musicians: Jimmy Page, [...]
Black Voices Blogs (Free subscription) | 15/09/2008
Filed under: BV Buzz , Entertainment Black Voices Blogs : By Jawn Murray, BlackVoices.com Soul Soiree: Dionne Warwick, Bonnie Raiit and Jerry Butler recently hosted the 15th Pioneer Awards Show Gala in Philadelphia, which also marked the Rhythm & Blues Foundation's 20th anniversary. ... Read more
music like dirt (Free subscription) | 11/09/2008
Podcast 06: Sept 08 (1hr10m) - (download MP3) Subscribe itunes Chinese Erhu virtuoso Chen Jiebing opens another podcast rounding up the best of the month. Inspired by the Olympics I delved deep into the Chinese section of my record collection… oh ok I downloaded Boomkat’s fine 14 track overview. The podcast turns sloppy with Richard [...]
Contactmusic Ltd (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
Singer CHAKA KHAN has been awarded a lifetime achievement prize by the RHYTHM AND BLUES FOUNDATION. The R+B legend was handed the Pioneer Award at a ceremony in ...
Pub Rants (Free subscription) | 09/09/2008
STATUS: Oh yeah baby! Entourage is back on! What’s playing on the iPod right now? AIN’T NO SUNSHINE by Bill Withers Back from the Maui Writers conference and facing mounds of emails (something like 300 in my inbox) and lots of fun tasks to do. Vacation is great but the first week back is almost always a challenge. Still, it’s fun to be home where fall has decided to visit Denver. It was 55 degrees...
Desert of Zin (Free subscription) | 09/09/2008
In the very near future I have a new college course to be thinking of. I’ve enrolled for a NC Health and Social Care course running part time at the local community centre. Does this fill up my working week? Yep. Does this dig into my writing time? Yep. Am I overly concerned about this? Nope. Why? Because output [...]
The Daily Swarm (Free subscription) | 08/09/2008
The legendary 1974 “Rumble in the Jungle” between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman in Zaire was preceded by a three-day concert, “Zaire ‘74,” featuring some of greatest musical artists of the time: James Brown, B.B. King, the Spinners, Bill Withers, the Fania All-Stars, Miriam Makeba and a variety of Zairian artists, like François “Franco” Luambo Makiadi. The heavyweight bout was immortalized by Leon...
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 08/09/2008
Teena Marie, the self-proclaimed Ivory Queen of Soul, is being recognized tonight along with eight other artists: Chaka Khan, Kool & the Gang, Bill Withers, the Whispers, the Funk Brothers, Donny Hathaway, the Bay Area's Sugar Pie DeSanto and Al Bell with a...
LORD CELERY (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008
Is today's subject a reference to the British weather? Not at all, sadly. We're getting rain, rain, and more rain - enough that parts of the UK are flooding again. No problems for us, thankfully. No, the subject has to do with today's anniversary in our house! Thirteen years ago today, a fantastic man in Hertfordshire posted a bulletin board message to a women from Houston (me!), in response to
