Fellows news rules alert in the dating game: Jill Scott is only giving a man six months to impress her in a relationship before she drops them. You ladies can fool around with a man for years to see if he’s the right one for you. Jill’s said she’s got to much going on. That’s […]
The Hollywood Bowl will host a tribute show in honor of ‘The Godfather Of Soul,’ James Brown on Aug. 16, featuring many artist who was influenced by Brown in some way D’Angelo, Aloe Blacc, Angelique Kidjo and Bettye LaVette. The event was spearheaded by ‘Get On Up,’ executive producer Peter Afterman and jazz bassist Christian […]
Jill Scott, poet, songwriter, actress, and mother took the stage at the 20th Annual Essence Music Festival if you were there you heard some of the most epic vocals according to the fan. In a recent interview with Danielle Young, Lifestyle Editor for, ‘HelloBeautiful,’ Ask Jill Scott, ‘When was the last time you cried and […]
Singer Kem has a new release “It’s You” out ahead of his as-yet-untitled fourth CD, coming later this year. The Detroit-born crooner, who was once…
D’Angelo known for his neo soul sound has been off the scene for a while. So that means he has a lot to make up. There’s a whole bunch of stuff we don’t know about the man who gave us hits like, ‘Brown Sugar,’ ‘Lady,’ and ‘Crusin.’ D’Angelo gave a lecture at Brooklyn Museum hosted by […]
This one of my favorite drum riffs
The genre of neo-soul has been largely discounted by even the folks who made it popular. Why call it neo-soul when artists like India.Arie, Musiq,…
There are a few young soul singers that you can still count on for romantic, sensitive music with live instrumentation and gorgeous lyrical content. Dwele is one of those singers. The Detroit native may be a little under the radar, but if you’ve heard his music, you know that’s just an oversight. He’s put out five CD’s in the last 12 years, so somebody’s listening.
He’s the musician’s musician. Raphael Saadiq is one of the most prolific musicians of the modern era, writing, producing, performing and playing on his own work as well as on songs for Jill Scott, D’Angelo, Joss Stone and more. The ageless multi-instrumentalist owes his start to another famous wunderkind – Prince http://www.blackamericaweb.com/entertainment/music/black-music-lives-raphael-saadiq
