……Today, Jonathan’s 18 studio CDs and over 30 years of performing with a who’s who of jazz and soul musicians would make any struggling ingénue jealous, but there are times that trials and tragedies can make one forget how blessed they actually are, which explains the intent and optimism of Butler’s latest set, Living My… Continue reading Jonathan Butler’s “Living My Dream,” The MOC Preview & ST Review Link
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Joe’s CD “Bridges”: The MOC Preview & ST Review Link
……Released less than a year after his tenth CD, Doubleback: Evolution of R&B, Bridges represents a new relationship stage within itself—a breakup from his longtime manager, Kedar Massenburg—and the beginning of his entrepreneurial venture as a label owner distributed via BMG. Beyond that switchup, however, Mr. Thomas’s established rep as a loverman is part of… Continue reading Joe’s CD “Bridges”: The MOC Preview & ST Review Link
Toni Braxton’s “Unbreak My Heart” Memoir, A MOC Preview/ST Book Review Link
….It’s been decades since Ms. Braxton was a meek and malleable college student with dreams of becoming a star, but just because her 1995, self-titled debut sold over ten million copies doesn’t mean that her path to stardom was an easy one. In fact, from the very moment Braxton experienced even a a glimpse of… Continue reading Toni Braxton’s “Unbreak My Heart” Memoir, A MOC Preview/ST Book Review Link
Kindred The Family Soul’s CD “A Couple Friends,” The MOC Preview/ST Review Link
Working as a self-contained unit unto themselves and the parents of six children, Aja and Fatin are used to living and loving in the eye of the hurricane, so to speak, but according to the Mrs., Friends is the first recording that didn’t find her expecting or acclimating to a new baby. That truth doesn’t… Continue reading Kindred The Family Soul’s CD “A Couple Friends,” The MOC Preview/ST Review Link
Kelly Price’s “Sing Pray Love, Vol. 1: Sing”, The MOC Preview/ST Review Link
“Music goes past being what I do to support myself and my family—this is my therapy. I can have a violent moment and get it out in a song; you’ll know it because you’ll hear it, you’ll see it, and it’s probably the safest way.” Kelly Price, 2011 (Knowshi.com) Blessed with some of the most… Continue reading Kelly Price’s “Sing Pray Love, Vol. 1: Sing”, The MOC Preview/ST Review Link