Category: Grooves & Beats

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WILL DOWNING, “TODAY”

http://www.soultracks.com/review-will-downing-today Will Downing – Today (EP)      Click on CD cover to listen or purchase Few artists of his generation or beyond are as consistently and succulently satisfying as veteran singer, songwriter and musician Will Downing.  So experiencing Today, his second EP in an independently released trilogy, is a tautly-executed and tantalizing tease (since he’s… Continue reading WILL DOWNING, “TODAY”

Luther Vandross, “Hidden Gems,” ST CD Review

http://www.soultracks.com/luther-vandross-hidden-gems-review Luther Vandross – Hidden Gems      Click on CD cover to listen or purchase Thanks to his understated elegance, impeccable phrasing and sophisticated style of delivering soul music, it’s hard to believe that anyone can say they’ve never heard, or heard of, Luther Vandross. Before he passed in 2005, the 54-year-old singer/songwriter/producer, who once… Continue reading Luther Vandross, “Hidden Gems,” ST CD Review

SWV, “I Missed Us,” ST CD Review

http://www.soultracks.com/swv-i-missed-us-review SWV (Sisters With Voices) – I Missed Us Click on CD cover to listen or purchase Years before Destiny’s Child bemoaned their cash-flow-deficient boyfriends and shortly after TLC declared they weren’t too proud to beg, there were the Sisters With Voices, a.k.a. SWV.  A trio that met in school and cultivated their harmonies in… Continue reading SWV, “I Missed Us,” ST CD Review

K’JON, “MOVING ON” (CD review)

http://www.soultracks.com/k-jon-moving-on-review K’Jon – Moving On        Click on CD cover to listen or purchase To those who haven’t heard him before, K’Jon might come across as embodying the prototype of a typical R&B crooner, but one listen is enough to recognize that there’s something more earnest and organic going on behind the suits and… Continue reading K’JON, “MOVING ON” (CD review)