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Concert Review: The Sly Stone Variety Show And Birthday Party, 3/15/09, At...
Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine I would have an opportunity like the one I'm about to tell you of. You see, every once in a while, music fans are treated with experiences and moments that are...
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Concert Review: Raphael Saadiq 03/26/2009 At The Wachovia Atrium, Charlotte, NC
Private corporate events have a tendency to be sterile, stuffy affairs. The same would have been true for the Whitney M. Young, Jr. Awards Banquet, hosted by the Urban League of Central Carolinas, had...
View ArticleConcert Review: Taylor Hicks Live at The Triple Door, Seattle, Washington,...
Taylor Hicks is currently touring the U.S. as the Teen Angel in Broadway’s Grease. Hicks is also doing a “shadow tour,” playing clubs in the cities Grease brings him to. I had the opportunity to see...
View ArticleConcert Review: Bonnaroo 2009 – 06/13/2009 – Day 3
Today literally just flew by and I am shocked that it is over. I will admit that I overslept this morning and did not get to the festival at the time I'd hoped. I am not used to being in the sun all...
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Damn EA Sports and the People Who Play Them (Online at Least)
I am sick and tired of EA Sports games, specifically the online part. The concept of being forced to pay for the service, the horrible amount of lag in relation to other games, and the amount of people...
View ArticleConcert Review: Taylor Hicks Live at 7 Cedars Casino, Sequim, Washington,...
Taylor Hicks, backed by a six piece band, played to an enthusiastic crowd September 25th at the 7 Cedars Casino in Sequim, Washington. He commanded the audience’s attention for the roughly ninety...
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Concert Review: Sade at Trump Taj Mahal, Atlantic City, N.J., 7/2/11
Growing up, between my parents’ vinyl and CD collections, we were well-stocked with the greatest and latest in R&B and hip-hop, from vintage Isley Brothers, Average White Band, and Atlantic Starr...
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Concert Review: Sade with John Legend at United Center, Chicago, IL, 8/5/11
“We’re going to make up the ten years tonight,” jazzy songstress Sade said at the beginning of her concert. Indeed, a decade has passed between her last tour and her current one, which stopped in...
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Concert Review: The O’Jays at Mahaffey Theater, St. Petersburg, FL 1/12/12
St. Petersburg showed the O’Jays lots of love this past Thursday night. So much love, in fact, that just about every song they performed met with an instant mix of feminine swoons and joyful...
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Interview: Cecil Parker – Modernly Classic
During the 1980s, Philadelphia-born vocalist and songwriter Cecil Parker established a following on the strength of the soulful ballads “Really, Really Love You” and “Love Is.” A series of reality...
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Music DVD Review: Solomon Burke – `Live At Montreux 2006′
Before his death in 2010, powerful baritone Solomon Burke was one of the most colorful personalities in the music business. For 55 years, Burke released 38 studio albums and had 38 charting singles....
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Movie Review: This Time – Getting it Right
The creative process – with its joy and disappointments, its triumphs and tragedies – is for many artists an intensely private experience. The writer in front of a computer or the artist alone in a...
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Music Review: Janelle Monae –‘The Electric Lady’
Janelle Monae is someone who refuses to be pinned down. She’s a musician, singer, artist, storyteller, philosopher, and (in her music) a rebellious android. She doesn’t fit into any one mold, but she’s...
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RIP Johnny Otis
Johnny Otis, the “Godfather of Rhythm and Blues,” has died at the age of 90. It’s a sad day for the music world, and for me personally, as I always felt a strong attachment to the man’s music. “Harlem...
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Damn EA Sports and the People Who Play Them (Online at Least)
I am sick and tired of EA Sports games, specifically the online part. The concept of being forced to pay for the service, the horrible amount of lag in relation to other games, and the amount of people...
View ArticleConcert Review: Taylor Hicks Live at 7 Cedars Casino, Sequim, Washington,...
Taylor Hicks, backed by a six piece band, played to an enthusiastic crowd September 25th at the 7 Cedars Casino in Sequim, Washington. He commanded the audience’s attention for the roughly ninety...
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Concert Review: Sade at Trump Taj Mahal, Atlantic City, N.J., 7/2/11
Growing up, between my parents’ vinyl and CD collections, we were well-stocked with the greatest and latest in R&B and hip-hop, from vintage Isley Brothers, Average White Band, and Atlantic Starr...
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Movie Review: This Time – Getting it Right
The creative process – with its joy and disappointments, its triumphs and tragedies – is for many artists an intensely private experience. The writer in front of a computer or the artist alone in a...
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Concert Review: Sade with John Legend at United Center, Chicago, IL, 8/5/11
“We’re going to make up the ten years tonight,” jazzy songstress Sade said at the beginning of her concert. Indeed, a decade has passed between her last tour and her current one, which stopped in...
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Concert Review: The O’Jays at Mahaffey Theater, St. Petersburg, FL 1/12/12
St. Petersburg showed the O’Jays lots of love this past Thursday night. So much love, in fact, that just about every song they performed met with an instant mix of feminine swoons and joyful...
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