Amazon.com Widgets In the spring of this year a modern-day sequel to the blaxploitation classic Superfly came from Portland, Oregon’s Lifesavas. Gutterfly is the second album from Vursatyl, Jumbo the Garbageman and Rev Shines rapping and producing as survivalist soldiers dressed in slick ’70s gear and armed with a funk/soulContinue Reading
ON a recent Sunday afternoon the Queen of Soul’s hotel room on Central Park South looked like an executive’s pit stop. Aretha Franklin had returned to New York City late after a concert in New Jersey, and the morning had been too busy for maid service. The afternoon was noContinue Reading
What’s up ya’ll? We are here on the end of the Eyed Peas’ tour. I’m on a private airplane in Malaysia, going to Macau, China. We started off in Jerusalem. That was a beautiful concert. It was right on the wall that separates Palestine from Israel. Straight from there weContinue Reading
LOS ANGELES (Billboard) – Aretha Franklin’s storied career is the focus of two new retrospectives, “Rare & Unreleased Recordings From the Golden Reign of the Queen of Soul” and “Oh Me Oh My: Aretha Franklin Live in Philly, 1972.” Partnered with young gun Fantasia, Franklin is also back on theContinue Reading