SoulTrackers may remember how we raved about Liv Warfield’s album, Embrace Me. She became a multiple SoulTracks Award nominee and won over everyone at our Awards ceremony in Detroit. Liv spent much of last year on the road with Prince as a member of the NPG touring all over Europe, Canada and the U.S.
The soul music world is abuzz about the Twitter page of producer, J Dub Walker, who worked on the 2001 self-titled album by deceased R&B singer Aaliyah. On Sunday, March 4, Walker tweeted “Just got great news today; the smash unreleased song called ‘Steady Ground’ I produced on #Aaliyah is gonna be on her upcoming album:)“
It’s been a long time since we’ve heard some new music from the beautiful and talented Tamia. But that is going to change this Spring as she gets ready to release her brand new album, Beautiful Surprise. Well, we have a sneak peek at the upcoming album with the hot title track, a great slice of bouncy soul that fits Tamia to a tee.
Check it out below and tell us what you think.
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I feel a certain amount of dread whenever I learn that an artist has dropped an album of cover songs. I think y’all know why. Cover albums usually fall into a couple of categories. There is the Great American Songbook cover albums in which a singer – usually an aging rocker or R&B singer looking to connect with a more mature audience – has a crack at the canon of Mercer, Gershwin, Porter and Ellington.
David Ruffin was one of the most brilliant but enigmatic singers of our time. His expressive, soul-drenched voice powered the Temptations and then led to a solo career, but his self-destructive ways prevented him from being the once-in-a-generation voice that his talent warranted.
Formed in modest fashion by a trio of teenage girls from Detroit’s Brewster housing project, the Supremes went on to become Motown’s biggest act of the 60s and the most successful “girl group” of an era. Originally called the Primettes (the female counterparts to the Primes – later called the Temptations) the group consisted of Diane (later Diana) Ross, Florence Ballard, Mary Wilson and Betty McGlown (later replaced by Barbara Martin, who left th
(New York, NY) – SWV (Sisters With Voices), one of the most successful R&B groups of the ‘90s, continue to touch fans with the announcement of their addition to the Fresh Music Festival Tour. Starting memorial day weekend SWV will join K-Ci & JoJo, Guy, and Keith Sweat on the multi-city tour, which will run through August 10th.
Cool Million turns a lot of heads on both sides of the Atlantic with their first two albums, gorgeous slices of danceable music that captured the groove of the best 80s dance and funk.
Cameo had been around a few years as a moderately popular soul and funk band before the broke out in the 1980s with monster hits like “Word Up.” But sometimes folks forget one of the their quirkiest and most irresistable funk cuts: a 1984 tribute to a woman who was “strange, but I like it.”
There have been many music artists who began their sonic journeys while serving in the U.S. Armed Forces. Iconic acts like Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Cash and John Coltrane all found their musical calling as soldiers. Up and coming singer/musician Homemadesoul is yet another example of a music artist who discovered his niche as a serviceman. While in the U.S. Air Force in 2001, Homemadesoul felt the need to scratch his music itch. In a six-year span, the Philadelphia born Curtis Clark, Jr.
