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UK's Sattam Drops 'This Feeling' Primed For Summer Action
London remains a hotbed of breakthrough talent, turning out more quality producers as the winds of clubland unfold. Harbouring a fresh approach to the underground scene, Austrian/Bengali electronic music producer Sattam serves up feel good music that you can listen to at home, on the bus and at the club according to a recent statement.
By Mike Media5 years ago in Beat
Eggs, Rabbits And The Rhythm of Jazz In A City That Never Sleeps
Eggs, Rabbits And The Rhythm of Jazz In A City That Never Sleeps John W. Gilmore The City that never sleeps awakens despite being bruised, beaten and injured by the Covid 19 Pandemic. With fewer people in the streets some of the businesses have shut down as you walk up and down Broadway and along the streets of the upper west side. Some of the restaurants have set up small seating areas open to the elements so people can sit in and eat. Things are diminished. The subway is on a different schedule. The crowds aren’t as heavy, but life still goes on.
By Om Prakash John Gilmore5 years ago in Beat
Why Zen Music and Healing Go Hand In Hand
Have you ever felt like you don't know where to turn when you can't explain what's going on inside? Its a feeling like you aren't in control of your mental and emotional mind? Similar to a drop in the ocean but without realizing that you are the ocean because water rules emotions. And we are all here partaking in and making up the whole ocean while being lost at sea. Literally.
By Silena Le Beau5 years ago in Beat
Singer, Songwriter, Musician and Producer ‘Nouhi’s Nomad’ Releases New Self-Titled Album
From Nouhi's Nomad 3/19/98 — 3/19/21: After spending 22 years pondering producing a record, I'm excited to announce that ‘Nouhi's Nomad’ will be available for all to listen to on March 19th. #jointhecaravan
By StageScene Magazine5 years ago in Beat
Connecticut Has a New Voice
Connecticut’s Own Rapper M.A.R aka #Lightuppp is Back With A New Release Titled “I’m The Winner '' Produced By Peter Monk “The Energetic Beat & The Message From the Song Will Motivate You To WIN in Life ! My Message Has Always Been About Motivation And Never Giving Up On Your Dreams In A Determined And Focused Manner
By Gabby Comfort5 years ago in Beat
The Original Smooth Operator
Let your mind drift back to the times of Miami Vice (no, the TV show, not the movie). It was a time when men weren’t afraid to wear white suits with pink tee-shirts, every home had some form of neon lighting and cigarette boats were the preferred method of transport for interesting people on the go. Lying in bed, listening to Sweet 98 FM, Hot Scott dropping the dedications, cheap red boombox delivering the hits of the day . . . Then out of nowhere, the smoothest voice you’ve ever heard comes through the speakers, like clean linen in a soft breeze, “coast to coast, LA to Chicago,” . . . Sade’s “Smooth Operator” was like nothing else on the radio, then or now. The song can still fill the brain with visions of pink flamingos and steamy nights under palm trees, her voice calmly soaring up and down the scale, her cadence and delivery an unrivaled level of sultry sweet, an exotic voice on familiar airwaves, a transcendent listen every time she sings.
By Jesse Stanek5 years ago in Beat
The Belfast Cowboy
Van Morrison never set out to change the world or shed light on society's many ills . . . he just wants to rock your gypsy soul. He began performing in the later part of the 1950s and is still releasing some of the most soulful music you'll ever hear. Morrison is an ace with his phrasing, twisting and turning lyrics, always delivering a musical moment worth remembering. Despite the staggering amount of music he's released, Morrison doesn't do duds. Any song he touches with that old Irish Soul is better for the play, his voice lending an authenticity and soulfulness that hits the ears like fresh lemonade at your favorite childhood swimming hole.
By Jesse Stanek5 years ago in Beat
The Fathers of Newgrass
There was a time when Bluegrass music was solely played by old white men in matching suits and cowboy hats. Then along came a scraggly, rag-tag bunch of longhairs covering rock and reggae tunes with Bluegrass instrumentation. New Grass Revival (NGR) was founded in 1971, the brainchild of mandolin/fiddle ace Sam Bush, NGR featured a host of legendary players over the years: Courtney Johnson, Bela Fleck, John Cowan, Curtis Burch, Butch Robbins, Pat Flynn and others. The band had a 17 year run before dismantling in 1989, however the players who first made this band matter continue to play festivals and release records in various formations, birthing the Newgrass movement which has exploded beyond what any of the idiom's fathers could have hoped for or dreamed. Bands like String Cheese Incident, Yonder Mountain String Band, Railroad Earth, Trampled By Turtles, Old Crow Medicine Show and Leftover Salmon all borrowed liberally from NGR's picking-and-plucking bag-o-tricks. NGR's early records shattered genre expectations, the playing is as fierce and passionate as the music is daring and fresh. The band had commercial success towards the end of it's career, the music much poppier and easier to digest for mainstream country.
By Jesse Stanek5 years ago in Beat
Too Much Greatness to Name but here are some ...
Sade. Billie Holiday. Solange. Mahalia Jackson. Mariah Carey. Rihanna. Missy Elliot. Marian Anderson. Beyonce. Eartha Kitt. Lauryn Hill. Josephine Baker. Nina Simone. Mary J. Blige. Diana Ross. Queen Latifah. Whitney Houston.
By Jada Ferguson5 years ago in Beat
