As a professional critic and a lifelong music fiend, it’s pretty easy for me to explain why I love me some Mint Condition. They compose their own music, pen their own lyrics and have levels of diversity that incorporates multiple … Read the rest
This is the first in-depth story I did with one of the baddest singers, songwriters and performers to EVER hail out of Dallas TX, N’Dambi (circa 2009): if you consider yourself a soul music lover and STILL don’t know about … Read the rest
When you have influences as wide-ranging as alternative, afro-punk and bluesy-tinged pop, oscillated between homes in Georgia and Washington DC and have a vocal range that recalls a Fiona Apple rather than a Ledisi, it’s practically a given that you … Read the rest
I remember the very first time that I discovered The Voice.
As an 80s Baby, I was watching one of those pre-BET/MTV music video shows and heard her before I saw her, a supple and sweet soprano that poured into … Read the rest
Think about it: thanks to the chart-topping success of songs like “Jumpin’ Jumpin’,” “Bootylicious,” “Soldier” and “Independent Women (Pt.2),” the quartet/trio known as Destiny’s Child is primarily remembered for—and defined by—- bombastic, booty-shaking and pro-woman pop and R&B grooves. Although … Read the rest