Though it’s still January, the Festival season will soon be upon us and today Founders Entertainment released the lineup for this year’s Governor’s Ball in NYC. Held […]
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 […]
MIX: Couch Sessions Fall Monthly Mix
Truth be told, 2012 had a majority of things feeling like Summer for most of October, but Autumn aka “Cuffing Season” has finally made its grand entrance […]
CMJ 2012: Jake’s Best Shows of CMJ
As CMJ drew to a close the week long music marathon put a pounding on all those involved. With over 1,300 artist performances spread out over more than […]
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 […]
REVIEW: Brother Ali – Mourning in America and Dreaming in Color
Music, just like food and relationships, has to combine both aspects of “want” and “need” to be effective. For a musical product or project to be successful, it […]
THE TOP TEN: Most Underrated and Underappreciated 1990s R&B/Soul Albums
THE TOP TEN: Most Underrated and Underappreciated 1990s R&B/Soul Albums Most people in my generation are partial to music from the 1990s. While music critics may love and write […]