Kevin Nottingham: This Is Hip Hop (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
As soon as I heard this album, I knew we were gonna do a sample set. Murs‘ new album Murs For President is just great from beginning to end. All of the samples we have listed here are straight from the CD jacket. It’s possible that there are a few more that were not credited [...]
The Indypendent (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
Nostalgia gets on my nerves. I’ve been to too many punk-rock shows where kids walk around in the T-shirts of bands that broke up before they were born, recycling costumes and musical formulas that were very well worn 20 years ago. You can never relive history, but you can buy all the artifacts and refine the poses.
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
The 2008 Trenton Jazz Festival will once again serenade audiences across Trenton this fall, scheduled for Sept. 20. The program will begin at 2 p.m. and unofficially bids farewell to the summertime with a combination of music, jazz festival food, and more. Teena Marie, Euge Groove, S.O.S. Band and Gordon Chambers will be featured artists...
The Starting Five (Free subscription) | 17/08/2008
I grew up loving these brothas. They were chill, they were provocative and they did things real. right and exact. Make Me Say It Again Girl pulled me in because I dug their spirit and after I heard Between the Sheets, I was done. Another baby maker fo sho. I loved that track so much [...]
Soulbounce.com (Free subscription) | 12/08/2008
It's not like we haven't already waxed poetic about the brothers Isley during the course of this countdown. It simply goes without saying that "Between the Sheets" is their most popular joint, strictly by virtue of the generations introduced to...
The Smoking Section (Free subscription) | 31/07/2008
I usually make a trek through the various message boards & forums (SOHH R.I.P.) about once or twice per week, just to keep an ear to the e-streets outside of TSS. While clicking thru OKP, I read up on this thread surrounding a mysterious Mary J. mixtape created by J. Period. Knowing how he did [...]
Thumb Jig (Free subscription) | 25/07/2008
Manchester Evening News (Free subscription) | 18/07/2008
But would it be so terrible to look every one of her nearly 60 years?"There's a lot of competition. You can see how tough it is for kids to get the look, the style, the sound," she says. "It's very challenging for a young person starting today, but also if you want to stay in the game."Coincidentally, on the day we speak, many national newspapers carried a picture of Helen Mirren, aged 63, in a bikini....
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 17/07/2008
Don't miss the CD release of Chante Moore Love The Woman in stores now "Ain't Supposed to Be This Way" Audio Stream Following two highly successful albums with her husband, Kenny Lattimore, Grammy nominee Chante Moore returns with her long awaited first solo CD in nearly a decade, Love The Woman, due June 17th on Peak Records...
Rock and Roll Daily (Free subscription) | 14/07/2008
“This is the Great Lawn in the greatest park, in the greatest city in the universe,” Jon Bon Jovi marveled, before performing what easily could have been one of the biggest concerts New York City’s Central Park has ever seen. Over 67,500 free tickets were distributed to the 50,000-capacity space — a solid chunk going [...]
Phawker (Free subscription) | 09/07/2008
BY DAN DELUCA OF THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER Everybody’s got a personal playlist of summer songs. It might have Frank Sinatra’s “Summer Wind,” or Sly and the Family Stone’s “Hot Fun in the Summertime.” The Lovin’ Spoonful’s “Summer in the City,” or maybe Regina Spektor’s song of the same name. Seals and Croft’s “Summer Breeze” might [...]
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 06/07/2008
Everybody's got a personal playlist of summer songs. It might have Frank Sinatra's "Summer Wind," or Sly and the Family Stone's "Hot Fun in the Summertime." The Lovin' Spoonful's "Summer in the City," or maybe Regina Spektor's song of the same name. Seals and Croft's "Summer Breeze" might make you feel fine, though I'm betting the Isley Brothers' version would make you feel finer.
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 06/07/2008
Life & style: What's the secret to looking cool? Bitterness, cynicism, and a camera-ready scowl, says Julie Burchill, the first of three writers to remember the days when they were so hip it hurt
The Starting Five (Free subscription) | 04/07/2008
1996 What is your independence? Do you celebrate Independence Day with a modicum of patriotism or is it something you can take or leave? Is it all about hearing Fight the Power by the Isley Brothers while those blazin ass marinated ribs are grillin’ or is it something else? How about this blaring in the summer time [...]
breath of life (Free subscription) | 16/06/2008
BoL celebrates three years and growing with a highlight reel of music posted since Fathers Day 2007. We feature music from: Chocolate Milk, The Persuasions, The Isley Brothers, Aretha Franklin, Black Uhuru, Cinematic Orchestra featuring Patrick Watson, Gerald Toto/Richard Bona/Lokua Kanza, Marta Gómez, Neville Brothers, Vinia Mojica, Cæcilie Norby, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Gloria Rivera & [...]
