Take a jug of Jazz, two teaspoons of Soul and a twist of R & B… then add a cup full of Gospel, a sprinkle of Reggae and a pinch of Latin, served with Raw Emotion ~There you have the YolanDa Brown sound. [source: Myspace Bio] YolanDa Brown is on the whole multi instrumentalist throne, but [...]
January 26, 2010
A music video entitled “Hold On” by Wyclef Jean featuring Mavado [Jamaican Dancehall artist] in tribute to Haiti with heads up by This Is Real Music. Song is a good number with a clear uplifting message to the Haitians. Have a butchers and let it be known. For more on Haiti [films, music, poetry]. Wyclef Jean – [...]
January 25, 2010
Yes I know… late on this, a brother Jay Electronica, first heard of the emcee and producer on the Gilles Peterson show two years ago and the aftermath, mind shut.. on Jay for awhile… Huh? Recently, slicing and dicing the putmeonit blog, saw the snippet video for Jay Electronica’s “Exhibit A” prior, I was murking [London [...]
January 24, 2010
Our thoughts and prayers with our brothers and sisters in Haiti may they overcome and be stronger for a better future. Don’t forget our brother & sisters worldwide, for whom on a daily it is a struggle to survive whether/be it lack of amenities, tribal and civil wars aftermath, occupation, lack of human rights, oppressed etc, [...]
January 23, 2010
On a quiet and tranquil day in 1976 at the 10th Montreux Jazz Festival, a very attentive audience in anticipation of one talented individual to grace the stage, the legendary singer, pianist and civil rights activist, Eunice Kathleen Waymon. Legend Eunice Kathleen Waymon passed in 2003, her physical body has departed us but her immortal [...]
January 22, 2010
A brother Oddisee is at it again with freshness and quality in his seasonal installments of free EP’s,”Odd Summer” and “Odd Autumn” come to mind. And obviously many like someone here ahem! where biting nails in frustration, well not literally [calm down dear, laughing out loud] for the winter episode and here we are with Oddisee’s [...]
January 21, 2010
Diana King aka KingSinga, yes you remember her, a sister from the 90’s in Toni Braxton, Total pool of R & B and them.. of course that big chuune “Shy Guy“, ah.. memories! Diana King and her piano singing for Haiti with this moving and soulful track entitled “Black Bodies“. This is what she says to Haiti, [...]
January 20, 2010
Courtesy DJ Gone got this quality simplistic thought provoking laid back jam and video by UK emcee Ramson Badbonez on the ascendancy and garnering acclaim. A brother Ramson Badbonez waxing lyrical social commentary is a tell tale of the “Hood” and if one pays attention to the words, poignant lines on a beat infectious! Its amazing how [...]
January 19, 2010
This is a poem written by Norway based and Cameroonian poet Stephen Neba-Fuh, a political, social critic and human rights activist. Here is a brother’s take on Haiti, Have a butchers and let it be known. For more on Haiti [films, music, poetry] Horror In Haiti We weep with thee from far away. Cursing nature’s fury on a people [...]
January 18, 2010
We continue the soulfulness ala Seal with this nice soulful EP entitled Peace, Love and Music by Jeanette Berry & The Soul Nerds, an independent New York soul collective on the come up and another in Alisa Ohri and a sister Frank Franklin from California. A sister Jeanette Berry album is worth the purchase at $5 [...]
January 17, 2010
As we do from time to time on this blog channel present a hit of romance in the form of music or poetry [ahem]. This is how you do the soul, R & B pop-ti-tude gig to all the aspirants out there {laughing out loud} and live from the legendary British born soul singer Seal recorded [...]
January 16, 2010
This is an awarding winning 37 minute short film documentary, by film makers Justin Brandon, Brian McElroy & Dan Schnorr slated for the film festival circuit and DVD release entitled “The Road to Fondwa“. The film is an engaging portrait of Fondwa (a town in Haiti), demonstrating its potential with a focus and togetherness from the community to build [...]
January 15, 2010
Needn’t say much on the catastrophic proportions of the Haiti disaster, we wish those on the ground the best in clearing, getting to the potential living, aid there on time and distribution quick & others. RIP to all those passed in Haiti & also others in different countries who have fallen to similar/minor natural and man-made [...]
January 14, 2010
This is a fitting tribute by poet GmanSpeaks [featured earlier in the year] with regards to the unfortunate & major incident in Haiti, a call to RISE in this time and other catastrophic events, this poem is part of his #30in30 effort. Have a butchers and let it be known. now is the time, to be [...]
January 13, 2010
A music break with this freshness, a sister Speech Debelle’s been winning a few accolades and acclaim with last year’s debut album effort “Speech Therapy” through Big Dada Records. This is the 4tn track deep into the album, an infectious and conscious soulful hip hoppy jazzy number entitled “Spinnin’” with themes of positivity, hopeful that things [...]
January 27, 2010