REVIEW: Zo!………………..ManMade As we get older, we evolve. With that evolution, most of us change the way we listen to music. We complain more. Nothing sounds as good […]
GET TO KNOW…: Sah Ril
One of the pretty cool things about where I live is that everyone in my building seems to be involved in music somehow…or maybe it is just my […]
REVIEW: Adrian Younge – Adrian Younge Presents The Delfonics
This project sounded like a good idea at first. But then again, a lot of things sound like a good idea, like when you bought that Chrysler […]
GET TO KNOW…: DomiJo
The first time I saw DomiJo, I thought she was the tiniest replica of Chrisette Michele. At the time, she was rocking a fade, big earrings, and being […]
#CIRCUSSXSW: Allen Stone
Allen Stone is a white dude with some serious soul. He plays a brand of R&B that would be right at home in the late 60s or early […]
REVIEW: The Foreign Exchange ——The Reworks
Remix albums by artists are mostly unnecessary. The point of it all is to give their remixer friends some production credit and royalty checks, and keep fans interested […]
Event: BMI’s How I Wrote That Song, Los Angeles, CA
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 […]