Years into a relationship or a marriage, it happens: the dopamine has faded and the drudge of everyday life begins. Between the laundry, budgets, carpooling and voter drives, however, friendships solidify and the memories take root to anchor the relationship. And that is what R&B’s reigning domestic duo, Kindred The Family Soul, focuses on within… Continue reading Kindred the Family Soul’s “Legacy of Love,” CD Review ST Preview Link
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Fantasia’s “The Definition of….,” CD Preview/Review Link
Soulful, fiesty, rough-around-the-edges and more brash than a hot pink dress at an all-white dinner party. No one was prepared for a 20-year-old High Point, NC native to make it through the rounds of the nation’s top talent competition known as American Idol, much less win the top prize. But despite the odds, Fantasia Barrino… Continue reading Fantasia’s “The Definition of….,” CD Preview/Review Link
Maxwell’s blackSUMMER’snight, CD Preview/Review Link
……As one of the few remaining kings of Neo-Soul, Maxwell has the luxury of spacing his projects and living/collecting inspiration in-between. The 2009 predecessor was built on the foundation of a broken heart, or at least the concept of disillusion or growing apart. This year’s offering feels like the exact opposite, weariness of relationships altogether… Continue reading Maxwell’s blackSUMMER’snight, CD Preview/Review Link
Fantasia & Anthony Hamilton Dish Up Southern Soul At Verizon
A cursory listen to typical radio playlists might lead folks to believe that true soul music is on life support and few true ‘sangers’ are left to revive it. But if you were at Grand Prairie’s Verizon Theater last night, Anthony Hamilton and Fantasia served up plenty of rib-sticking Southern-fried soul, nourishing the cravings of… Continue reading Fantasia & Anthony Hamilton Dish Up Southern Soul At Verizon
“Prince’s spirit will never die…” Mint Condition Remembers Prince
Earlier this year, as music fans watched one pioneering artist after another slip away, a friend and fellow DJ summed up the first few months of the young year with the following status update: “2016, you’re wack.” Month after month has robbed fans of icon after icon, the most recent blow dealt to the entertainment… Continue reading “Prince’s spirit will never die…” Mint Condition Remembers Prince