Tag: "Contemporary R&B"

Jill Scott : The Light of the Sun
0 Comments. 1,893 Views. Posted 9 Aug 2011 @ 11:46am.
You know those movies you "once saw on a plane"? I got caught up in Why Did I Get Married? on a flight once - a trainwreck of a film starring Janet Jackson and Jill Scott. That was the last I'd heard of Scott since her 2007 album The Real Thing: Words And Sounds Vol. 3, and The Light of the Sun is the first of her albums outside the Words And Sounds genus. Apart from a bad choice in film roles... Read More
Kid Sublime Struts His Stuff
0 Comments. 2,645 Views. Posted 23 May 2011 @ 3:28pm.
Kid Sublime is an innovator of modern soul. One of the first to flip beat down sample based house on the Rush Hour imprint well before blog driven Ableton edits became the cool thing! From hip hop upbringings working at the Dutch brand of the Fat Beats record store and holding down soul and underground RNB flavour for the Kindred Spirits family. An original Rednose Distrikt member and man of pure... Read More
Irma Thomas
0 Comments. 1,946 Views. Posted 14 Apr 2011 @ 11:18am.
As far as royal titles go, ‘Soul Queen Of New Orleans’ is an impressive honour whichever way you look at it. In what will be a first for Australian audiences, the owner of that title, the Louisiana-born Irma Thomas, will finally bring to this year’s Bluesfest and her shows around the country what she’s been celebrated for in the US for over 50 years now. “People are gonna get Irma honey, that’s... Read More
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