Soul has slowly been making a comeback over the years with emerging artists such as Raphael Saadiq, Erykah Badu, Mayer Hawthorne, Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, Janelle Monae and Lee Fields. Though these artists are making it hip to be into Oldies, we should still appreciate the artists that brought this genre to the forefront …
Do you have a problem? I might understand it. You can lean on me, and we can all lean on Bill Withers. He’ll help us carry on. This he promised us in his hit song, “Lean on Me.” The slow piano, humming and Withers’ plain, echoed voice bring in the song, but his voice gets …
Wow. Talk about a follow-up! Technically, The Bird and the Bee’s latest release, Interpreting the Masters, Vol. 1: A Tribute to Daryl Hall and John Oates, could take up a couple of months’ worth of Covers Revue. But this full album of Hall & Oates covers is too amazing to not feature in our Album …
Welcome to Smash-Up Sundays/The Sunday Mixer, the blog so nice we named it twice! Visit us on Sundays to hear some great jams straight from the crate! As an old fucker in ’87 it was all about bombing the Venice pavilions with black & chrome 6ft block letters, buying a dime bag @ Swaziland (Alvarado …
Sometimes there’s that song that just puts you in the greatest mood! Though “Come On Eileen” by Dexy’s Midnight Runners was recorded in 1982, I just discovered it recently (thanks to E-603, who included it in his mash-up of awesomeness. It’s about 3/4 through “Hit Up Tonight”; track 8). I automatically fell in love with …
Oooooh, the 80s! I wish I were more aware of what was going on back then and able to enjoy the music and artists first-hand. The great thing about technology these days is that I still can enjoy those times even though it’s almost 30 years later (Holy shit, I bet I just made a …