Tag: R&B
Song of the Day: “Boogieman”
Childish Gambino's "Boogieman" is a funk-inspired track with some spooky influences that takes aim at stereotypical and biased racial fears.
This week, we've been looking...
The First Finale: Stevie Wonder in the 70s – Part 2
At the Grammy Awards in 1976, Paul Simon would walk up to the stage to accept his award for album of the year (received...
Music Of My Mind: Stevie Wonder in the 70s – Part...
There’s never been quite a musical run like Stevie Wonder had in the 70s. From 1972 to 1976 Wonder released five albums, all of...
Yves Jarvis: “The Same But By Different Means” review
Rating: 8.3/10
Sometimes the most exciting music to listen to is also the hardest to classify. The deconstruction of genre and form is a difficult...
Song of the Day: “1999”
Happy Tuesday internet. Today, we'll be continuing our week-long look at songs of war and peace as an extension of Memorial Day.
Yesterday, we took...
Heize nails the mood and the subtle shifts on “She’s Fine”
While K-pop has its loud renaissance, K-r&b is having a quieter one. That's fitting, given how colorful and loud pop is and how smooth...
Ashford & Simpson’s Sugar Bar to be the site of one-of-a-kind...
Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson, the soulful duo known for songwriting and performing a variety of hits since the mid-1960's, started The Sugar Bar...
2018’s Top 5 weird albums
Last week I made a Top 5 list for one of the most commercial and popularized genres in the world - - K-pop. To...
Missy Elliott, Mary J. Blige and Queen Latifah to bring Clark...
Gospel music icons and inspiration for a number of r&b performers, the Clark Sisters, will be the subject of a biopic scheduled to air...
Twenty One Pilots hone their creativity to make a damn good...
Twenty One Pilots has always been a creative band. Their albums always featured dynamic styles-- moving between pop, reggae, rap, and other genres. Their...