If you’ve been following their Twitter feed, Facebook page or peeped their Events tab at their website, then you already know how busy Mint Condition has been. With 7 more months of live show on the agenda*, our generation’s favorite self-contained quintet continues to move at “The Speed Of Life” and considers off-time a rare… Continue reading Mint Condition: In The Lab, On The Road & In Their Stride, The MOC/ST Interview
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Sade’s “The Essential Sade” CD, The MOC Preview & ST Review
Thanks to those demure, dusky vocals, tantalizing soul and jazz grooves and, of course, that minimalist yet mesmerizing fashion sense, we just cannot get enough of Helen Folasade Adu, AKA Sade. In the nearly 30 (!) years since her Diamond Life debut, the Nigerian-born and England-based superstar channeled the virtuosities of early influences (Al Green,… Continue reading Sade’s “The Essential Sade” CD, The MOC Preview & ST Review
Smokey Robinson Brings The Heat At Dallas’ Meyerson, The MOC/ST Concert Review
Earlier in the evening, William “Smokey” Robinson made the audience a promise: “We’re going to have a good time, get intimate, touch, feel and boogie.” And charity event or not, that’s exactly what the Motown architect and Hall Of Fame inductee delivered in his hour-and change set for the sold-out crowd of nearly 2,000 at… Continue reading Smokey Robinson Brings The Heat At Dallas’ Meyerson, The MOC/ST Concert Review
Teddy Riley: The Icon, The Legacy & The Launch Of BS2, The MOC/SoulTracks Interview
Versatile, charismatic and prolific, Teddy Riley is what entertainment insders refer to as a ‘triple-threat,’ a Grammy-Award-winning songwriter, composer and producer that’s launched the careers of multiple performers across genres and generations. His diverse repertoire and trademark sound—the gospel-tinged, urbanized hip-hop-flavored style known as ‘New Jack Swing’—has dominated playlists for decades, but to hear him… Continue reading Teddy Riley: The Icon, The Legacy & The Launch Of BS2, The MOC/SoulTracks Interview
Joe, El DeBarge & BS2 At Verizon, The Soultracks/MOC Concert Review*
*Exclusive face time with “The King of New Jack Swing” & BS2—from L to R: Dave Hollister, Teddy Riley, J-Stylz (Sherman Tinsdale), Lenny (Harold) and Tony Tyler, access courtesy of Tour manager Bull Williams and veteran publicist Monica Anders, interview coming SOON….* (March 23, 2014) Endless traffic, hit-and-miss soundchecks and hour-plus show delays usually signal… Continue reading Joe, El DeBarge & BS2 At Verizon, The Soultracks/MOC Concert Review*