When it comes to soul music, categorizing the ‘greats’ at any level has to include the contributions of Donny Hathaway. Thanks to an intuitive knack for musical arrangements, songwriting and his buttery, gospel-flecked vocals, the Chicago-raised Hathaway was an in-demand musician by his early 20s. By the time he left Howard University, Donny was a… Continue reading Talking “Honestly” With Lalah Hathaway
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“In It to Win It,” Charlie Wilson CD Review/Preview
…The ascent, descent, and resurgence of Uncle Charlie is the stuff of dreams: most musicians who first hit the charts decades ago are no longer breathing, much less in-demand enough to keep performing. Yet despite the crippling obstacles in his path—-poor management, subsequent poverty, substance abuse addictions and prostate cancer, to name a few—–Charles Kent… Continue reading “In It to Win It,” Charlie Wilson CD Review/Preview
“Something” About Snarky Puppy, The MOC Preview & Knowshi Interview Link
….For years the Ft. Worth, TX-based performer did the moonlight hustle as a marketing professional by day who jammed different joints and genres by night. After that grind wore him down, Letteri “ditched the desk” and went full-on pro on the ax, establishing his rep as a go-to stage and session musician long before joining… Continue reading “Something” About Snarky Puppy, The MOC Preview & Knowshi Interview Link
Ruben Studdard’s “Unconditional Love,” The MOC Preview & ST CD Review Link
…..As uneven as the last few years may have been for Studdard, he isn’t the first artist who’s suffered missteps like declining sales, messy management drama or record label change-ups, but he’s got to be one of the few possessing gifts so resplendent that a veteran musical icon, the one-man hit producer/arranger/composer/songwriter David Foster, signs… Continue reading Ruben Studdard’s “Unconditional Love,” The MOC Preview & ST CD Review Link
Lalah Hathaway: “Where It All Begins” For The First Daughter of Soul
My 2011 chat with one of music’s most revered voices, the incomparable Lalah Hathaway, LOVE this lady…. With a groomed-in-the-gospel mother and a soul icon as a father, there was practically no other option for Lalah Hathaway except music. And the release of her latest CD, Where It All Begins,only cements the righteousness of that… Continue reading Lalah Hathaway: “Where It All Begins” For The First Daughter of Soul