EVENT: BMI’S How I Wrote That Song, Los Angeles, CA. Roxy Theater, West Hollywood, CA. February 9, 2013 There is something about songcraft. The art of songwriting is […]
NEW MUSIC: The Foreign Exchange – “So What If It Is”
Simplicity. Even when the Foreign Exchange are on some “other” or “new” ish, they still adhere to making music that is deep, soulful, but is instantly likable. On […]
REVIEW: Andy Allo – Superconductor
Post millennium soul artists often claim that their music or sound is indefinable or “refused to be categorized.” In reality, the best music is often something that is […]
LIVE: Art Don’t Sleep – That 70s Soul, The Mayan Theater (LA)
Two sets of soul music with guest appearances and cameos by legends, That 70s Soul lasted until nearly 1 a.m. on a school night. This was my first […]
INTERVIEW: Oderus Urungus of GWAR
Gwaaarrrgghhlllgh. Believe it or not, these barbaric musicians from Antarctica have been around for over 25 years. I caught up with Oderus Urungus (Dave Brockie), GWAR’s lead singer, […]
OPINION: The Ways of the Modern Man — the Usher Discography (Part I)
Soul singers. R&B singers. Pop singers. Out of all these, there’s only a handful that I will regularly listen to. Georg Levin is the self-deprecating intellectual. Bilal and […]
INTERVIEW: Authentically Connecting with Esthero
I wondered what she would be like to talk to. Esthero, whose debut album (Breath From Another) was talked about by my friends for five years, was nothing […]
REVIEW: Ryan Leslie – Les Is More
I love most things in the 1990s; with the exception that it was a time when everyone thought they could rap. Singers and artists from Prince to Big […]
LIVE: The Foreign Exchange at the Key Club (LA)
There is nothing quite like an evening with The Foreign Exchange. It is part soulful introspection, part music for lovers, part hip-hop influenced mid-tempo grooves, part secular gospel […]
INTERVIEW: Back to Love and Compassion with Brother Ali
The idealist part of me died circa 2003 while living in Southern California after returning from a year in Japan. Hip-Hop? It was something, which as one of […]