”“No, but I’d like to be!”) jittery 108½bpm hot tempo pusher works beautifully between ‘Automatic’ and (especially) ‘Encore’ and has a Real To Reel type appeal (inst flip). My kinda music!
He was also in the First National Tour, where he was principal standby (Hamilton, Burr, Laf/Jeff, Washington, and KG3). Previous work includes theRent 20th Anniversary Tour(Mr. Jefferson, u/s Benny/Collins) and frequent new work development, including NYC Fringe and the recent workshop of...
mostly penned and played on by bassist Marcus Miller (whose one solo LP is due on import), Lonnie’s set features his vocalist brother Donald on this lovely Luther Vandross-ish 120½(intro)-121-121½-120½bpm soul swayer,
Uncharted (2024) [Paramount+ Exclusive] UNCHARTED takes us behind the scenes of Alicia Keys’ She Is The Music songwriting camp in this revealing look at the music business that focuses on the lack of access and opportunity granted to young black and brown women. The camp’s participants take...
“MENTAL HOUSE” is fast becoming this summer’s replacement for “acid house”, with (as in the Manic MCs) “mental” the new “acieed” chant … PRT’s abrupt closure has caused consternation and upheaval in the dance music business, its distribution wing having handled perhaps more indepen...
) — however, the good judge’s finding does neglect one of the reasons why such records are marked thus, mainly because no royalties are paid on them, so doubtless an appeal will be lodged by the music biz . . . Central Line’s ‘Nature Boy’ vocal has been re-recorded and ...
… Simon Harris is hosting a Music Of Life hip hop jam at the Café De Paris after the Royal Albert Hall world mixing final, with Tim Westwood, Derek B, Madhatter Trevor and live rappers throwing down … De La Soul’s weirdly conceptual, dialogue interspersed ‘3 Feet High And Rising’...
(a fast beat and surface excitement being so common to both styles that many acid DJs are now mixing in Seventies disco oldies without anyone noticing the difference!) – my point being that if the music is appreciated primarily by people speeding on drugs, who are in the minority, why ...
Luther’s LP was due on import last weekend just after I left for the States, so doubtless fans will now head straight for that: meanwhile, this Billy Preston-organed romping and roaring fast (0-)139bpm backbeat swinger is still proving tricky on the flo...
) near Blackburn, and alone still souls Wednesdays at Oscars in Bamber Bridge’s Pear Tree Hotel near Preston, while Pete Haigh on his own has returned to soul Sundays at Caton’s Scarthwaite Hall near Lancaster, and the two of them will begin souling Fridays a...