The Light Years (2015)
The gaming industry has reached a level of maturity where serious fans who really understand video games at a programming level look for and enjoy playing older gaming systems. These people have more than fond memories of playing Donkey Kong or Pac Man, they can see and describe the virtues of an older system such […]
Love Me Again (2015)
Love Me Again, the new project by Florida based saxophonist Gary Palmer, presents listeners with a nice blend of instrumental and vocal R&B, with a dash of jazzy creativity thrown into the mix. The 10 track album showcases Palmer as a creative improviser on the sax who plays with energy. He is clearly the star […]
For One To Love (2015)
It’s not enough to say that Cecile McLorin Salvant can sing, because there are great voices in abundance in the music business. I mean, people critical of the current state of music making often tend to dismiss the vocal talent of a lot of singers. But there is only so much that you can do […]
Situationship (2015)
Girl meets boy…..perhaps not for the first time. Words are exchanged, minds meld and the adventure of the heart begins—-or ends. It’s a story that many of us are familiar with and have heard about, but not quite the way that singer and songwriter Shonta Renee breaks it down with her enjoyable EP release, Situationship. A […]
Freedom & Surrender (2015)
It’s been noted on many occasions, including in her SoulTracks biography, that Lizz Wright shares a history with plenty of other R&B, soul and jazz singers of singing in the church. Her father served as music minister at the church she attended in a small Georgia community. What differentiates Wright from many of the predecessors […]
The Live Show Killer (2015)
PJ Morton opted for an intimate venue of the Jim Henson Studios in Los Angeles for a live performance before a group of friends and industry insiders that became the CD and DVD, The Live Show Killer. Morton, who, when he is not cutting classic albums such as 2013’s New Orleans, plays keyboards for Maroon […]
Duets – Love & Soul (2015)
When former frontman of Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes and mega-watt solo legend Teddy Pendergrass died in 2010, following more than three decades of R&B hits like “Close The Door” and performances in touring shows like Your Arms Too Short To Box With God, the world lost one of the blueprints of silver-era soul. […]
My Own Skin (2015)
Most people’s introduction to Kenya McGuire Johnson likely came via an article in Ebony Magazine back in 2013. However, the article wasn’t about the music career that came to full blossom two years later with her debut album My Own Skin. Instead, Kenya, her husband and surgeon Dr. Carl Johnson, and their two sons were […]
A Different Place (2015)
Impassioned gospel singers who take their skills seriously proudly proclaim that their performances are more than just exercising their technical ability. In other words, it is all about the anointing. But when it comes down to Kim Burrell’s thoughts on ministry and music in general, there is even more preparation involved. As a veteran recording […]
State of Mind (2015)
Independent R&B artists quickly come to the realization that touring overseas and making inroads into foreign markets is crucial to their long term viability. While all artists certainly want to go to Europe, Asia, Latin America and Africa and view audiences in those places as potential growth markets, the indie artist may view a location […]
