soul music
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It’s Man’s Man’s Man’s World (Live from Augusta, Georgia, 1969) – James Brown It’s pretty surprising to me that I haven’t featured any James Brown yet on the blog. I was introduced to him fairly early on by my dad and have always really liked him, but in more recent years, I have really come Read more
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I’m sure most everyone is aware of Spotify Wrapped and Apple Music Replay, and I thought it would be fun to share my listening year in review. I will update this post when December stats are released. There’s, of course, some familiar ones in here from the blog, but hopefully some surprises as well! Top Read more
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Love and Happiness – Al Green Reverend Al Green is my favorite soul singer of all time, with his Greatest Hits album (what an iconic cover, by the way) being on regular rotation year-round for me. Nobody is really able to do it like Al, and while I’m sure everyone knows this song already, give Read more
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It’s Too Late to Stop Now – Van Morrison Apologies for the late post. Per usual, I’ll highlight my three favorite tracks from the album with potential bonus tunes. Van the man. I’ve written about him before, actually in my second post ever, featuring his song “Caravan” performed live from The Last Waltz, so I’ll Read more
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Lady – D’Angelo In today’s age, there are a lot of artists, but not a lot of vocalists. My friend made this comment to me at work today, and while there are plenty of new and amazing vocalists out there, in terms of the charts today, I think that is a great hot take. Even Read more
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Bumpy’s Lament – Isaac Hayes Composed by the legendary Isaac Hayes for one of the most iconic movies of all time, this is one of the most sampled albums in music history. I decided to go with the instrumental “Bumpy’s Lament” to feature in today’s post, as it perfectly represents soulful vibes that it emanates. Read more
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In a previous post, I talked about Childish Gambino (Donald Glover) and how much I enjoy his projects. He has cited Alabama Shakes as an influence before and even covered one of Brittany’s solo songs, “Stay High“. I say all this to point out the similarities (or in this case, influence) between the Shakes’ song Read more
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Miss You – Alabama Shakes Alabama Shakes are/were one of the best groups to come out of the South, ever, regardless of their current lack of catalog. Southern rock n soul will forever have my heart. I remember the first time hearing Brittany Howard‘s voice; I believe it was a performance of their song “Hold Read more
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The first 12 minutes and 24 seconds of Edwin Starr Live In Concert Judging by the quality of the audio and the cover itself, this album is ripped from the concert DVD. About the level of a high-quality bootleg at best, the audio is definitely an improvement over the video. (Headphones help a lot too) Read more
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It Ain’t Over Till It’s Over – Lenny Kravitz I’ve been a casual Lenny Kravitz fan for a while; I think he’s a great proponent of art and music, but I’ve never really known more than a handful of his songs. He’s got some damn good ones, though! Believe it or not, I actually was Read more
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