Archive for March 25th, 2008
Erykah Badu’s Texas-bred urban mystic R&B returns with an album of music lead by its own momentum eschewing past tendencies to deliver neat songs preferring to go wherever her concepts steer her. New Amerykah is an artistic statement that only heeds convention on the slippery funk synth of the 9th Wonder produced single “Honey.” The [...]
The title of Al Green’s Lay It Down truly tells it like it is. Conceived as a collaboration between the soul legend and a handful of gifted young admirers from the worlds of contemporary R&B and hip hop, the album is drawn from a series of inspired sessions that yielded the most high-spirited, funky and [...]
R&B veteran Keith Sweat returns May 6 with new album, “Just Me.” His first new studio album since 2002′s “Rebirth,” the Keia/Atco/Rhino release features cameos by Keyshia Cole (“Love Your Better”) and Athena Cage (“Butterscotch”), who was Sweat’s duet partner on the 1996 No. 1 R&B/No. 3 pop hit “Nobody.” Click here
Brit indie-dance-rock sensation, Does It Offend You, Yeah? is kicking off their first American tour with Tampa, Florida club queens, Yo Majesty, in anticipation of their already acclaimed album, You Have No Idea What You’re Getting Yourself Into, set for release on April 15 on Almost Gold Recordings. Riding a tsunami-sized press wave, DIOY,Y? is [...]
Singer George Michael is to tour the US and Canada for the first time in 17 years, he has announced. He will open his 25 Live tour in San Diego on 17 June, winding up in Sunrise, Florida, on 3 August. Michael’s last European tour featured an attack on US President George Bush, who appeared [...]
In partnership with Universal Republic Records, India.Arie is launching a new label, SoulBird Music. Georgia native Anthony David, a longtime musical colleague of the Grammy-winning singer/songwriter, will make his major-label debut when his “Acey Deucey” album arrives in stores June 17 via SoulBird. Continue reading