World Premiere: SoulTracks Award winner Tanqueray Hayward is back
(July 1, 2025) Fans of Quiet Storm romantic soul will want to follow Tanqueray Hayward’s lead on her sensual new single, “Follow Me.” The ballad, which drops on July 4, will create an atmosphere that will lead to ignition of fireworks of the intimate variety. The song finds Hayward giving voice to those times when a lady […]
First Listen: Claes Rosen updates a Motown classic
(June 30, 2025) “If This World Were Mine,” one of the many classic duets featuring Tammi Terrell and Marvin Gaye, has always been ripe for remaking and reimagining. Luther Vandross and Cheryl Lynn’s 1982 remake that became the slow jam played at every house party during the 1980s is the best known. A new generation […]
First Listen: Sir Spencer delivers a groove on “To Myself”
(June 29, 2025) Producer Craig Sullivan was born in the U.K., however, he decided to show off his musical gifts at another place of residence. And with his first two CD’s, simply titled The First and The Second, Sullivan, AKA Sir Spencer, made himself at home in the U.S., presenting a marvelous bouquet of eighties-dusted […]
First Listen: Ms. Monet says “You’re Gonna Need Me”
(June 27, 2025) One of the coolest things for me to do when listening to R&B of my era – 90s/2000s – was recognizing or discovering classic R&B songs that were used as samples. One example I recall is a song from Usher’s monster 2004 album “Confessions” called “Throwback.” The classic R&B song sampled in […]
Norah Jones and John Legend team for a “Summertime” hit
Separately, they dominated the charts in the early 2000s, and coming together now they again show their magic. Norah Jones and John Legend today release “Summertime Blue,” a light, harmony-filled duet that has the feel of the season. Produced by Jones and Gregg Wattenberg, “Summertime Blue reminds us why we fell in love with these two artists in the first […]
First Listen: Mark Ronson and Raye recall 60s R&B on “Suzanne”
(June 27, 2025) International hitmaker Mark Ronson has been behind some of the greatest 21st century milestones in the music biz, from Amy Winehouse’s Back to Black to the Bruno Mars collab on “Uptown Funk.” And even in the world of film, the Midas touch from Ronson has giving gold and platinum blessings to motion […]
World Premiere: K.Avett wows us again with “You Are Loved”
(June 26, 2025) K.Avett’s latest song “You Are Loved” is an inspirational cut that moves at a steppers cut’s pace. “You Are Loved” is a song that works as a musical work of art in which she is speaking words of life to someone who needs some encouragement. The “you” in “You Are Loved” can […]
First Listen: Adina Howard “Overstands” you
(June 24, 2025) The title of Adina Howard’s new single, “I Overstand,” is a play on words. People say “I understand” when they want to convey that get what a person is saying. Saying I understand is a way of saying that I hear what the speaker is saying and, beyond that, I get it. The song’s […]
First Listen: Dayna Madison longs for love on “Don’t Wanna Miss U”
(June 23, 2025) Dayna Madison’s talents are so varied that consumers of pop culture can’t be surprised where she shows up. Madison, a trained dancer, performed as a cheerleader for the NBA’s Memphis Grizzlies. She turned heads on season 15 of the program So You Think You Can Dance. Madison’s talents as a singer and songwriter resulted in her music being […]
First Listen: Lin Rountree and CeCe Peniston are “Missing You”
(June 22, 2025) Ce Ce Peniston is best known for the power packed vocals that turned songs like “Finally” and “Keep On Walking” into dance floor anthems starting in the 1990s. However, anyone having the kind of pipes that Peniston has will work magic with a ballad. Peniston dropped her share of slow jams, and so trumpeter and producer Lin […]
