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 … Read the rest
…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 … Read the rest
….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 … Read the rest
…..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 … Read the rest
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 … Read the rest