Spinner.com — Filed under: Spinner Interview
Roberta Flack has earned the right to be called a living legend. With a career spanning over four decades, three US Top Five albums and five Top 10 singles -- including ubiquitous classics 'The First Time Ever I Saw Y... more info
Totally Fuzzy — CATASTO ELETTRICO said...
Ian Carr's Conversation with the Blues - BBC Studios (Jazz In Britain) London, March 17th 1980
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Song of the Day: From Red to Blue - by Billy Bragg
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Guardian Music — Last time was all about surprise cameos. Sticking with the unexpected, this week we're looking for songs where the outcome of a situation is in doubt"Ladies and Gentlemen ... Mr Elton John!"I love that line, it's one of my all-time favourites. The su... more info
Guardian Music — Though not as well-known as Marvin Gaye or James Brown, Solomon Burke, who died on Sunday aged 70, is perhaps the greatest soul singer of all timeSome things we can all agree on. The greatest footballer of all time? Pele. The greatest movie actor? Br... more info
A Deeper Shade of Soul — John Legend with the Roots on September 7, 2010I've never been much of a John Legend fan. To my ears, he's too damned polite; decent Sunday brunch music perhaps, but entirely middle of the road. Safe. Nice. Harmless. He's clearly in the tradition of ... more info
Idolator — Depending on your tolerance for Will Ferrell’s voice in this ESPY Awards skit where he portrays Jeff Vuvuzela, inventor of the Vuvuzela instrument used at the World Cup, you might enjoy Janelle Monae’s duet with the comedian. The pair belt out Ro... more info
Totally Fuzzy — Gumshoe said...
Oh, to be young ... Four album reviews:
(Arch Enemy's "Anthems of Rebellion", Naiad's "Hardcore Emotion," Vampire Mooose's self-titled on Rotten Records and Union 13's "Symptoms Of Humanity") ...
... written for a Japanese metal maga... more info
TMZ — Filed under: Peabo Bryson, Memba Them
Peabo Bryson is best known for hits like " If Ever You're In My Arms Again " and the duets, " Tonight, I Celebrate My Love " with Roberta Flack and " A Whole New World " with R... more info
Pitchfork — Rolling Stone reports that the Roots and John Legend have teamed up to record an album of covers of 60s and 70s socially conscious soul songs. The project was originally inspired by an attempt at an Arcade Fire cover, but that song didn't end up maki... more info