Author: The Anarchist

Best known as the lead singer of the Staple Singers, Mavis hasn’t always kept to singing about the good book: in the ’70s she made several ventures into secular music including this album, produced and written by Curtis Mayfield for his Curtom label in 1977. This was also of course the soundtrack to the Poitier/Crosby film of the same name: it features some heady sexual innuendo (particularly on ‘Getting Deeper‘, ‘Koochie, Koochie, Koochie‘ and ‘Good Lovin Daddy‘, that one you would not expect from such a churchgoing lady, as well as several ventures into hard funk (‘Chocolate City‘, ‘Orientation‘) that…

You may not yet be familiar with Lusaint, but soon, her name will be everywhere. The emerging retro soul artist is quickly moving up to stardom, set to become the next worldwide phenomenon. In 2019, she broke the record for the most Shazams in a single day and has already amassed 50 million global streams. Lusaint is not just making her mark in music; she’s also stepping into the spotlight at high-profile events like Fashion Week and catching the eye of major media platforms, including receiving nods from Sir Elton John. With the release of her latest track “Sweet Tooth”,…

This week’s One to Watch comes from ‘The King of Independent Soul’, Cornell ‘CC’ Carter with his amazing new release ‘The Change’.Cornell , who was born in Berkeley California, and raised in San Francisco, has been recording and performing as a professional singer and songwriter for many years. He has shared the stage as an opening act with the legendary James Brown, Ray Charles, Sly and the Family Stone and many more. He has also had the honour of recording and performing with Grammy Award Winning Producer and close friend Narada Michael Walden as well as the legendary Carlos Santana…

Upon its release in 1975, “Love to Love You Baby” was an instant sensation that put the burgeoning disco format to exquisite use. For some critics though, particularly those of an American persuasion, the song was seen as a novelty. They were wrong. As for the woman behind the hit, Donna Summer proved to be much more than just an anonymous voice on some polished track of the period. Her journey began in Boston, Massachusetts where her unyielding love for singing would eventually send her across the Atlantic Ocean to Munich, Germany in 1968 for eight years as a young…

Fontella Bass, the St. Louis-born soul sensation best known for her 1965 hit ‘Rescue Me’, passed away at 72 due to complications from a recent heart attack, her family confirmed. Born into a musical lineage, Bass’s career spanned decades, marked by her powerful voice and battles for artistic autonomy and fair compensation.Early Life and Musical BeginningsFontella Bass was born in 1940 into a family where gospel music was a way of life. Her mother, Martha Bass, was a member of the renowned Clara Ward Singers, and her brother, David Peaston, would go on to achieve R&B success. Fontella began singing…

The real question with regard to this month’s Top 40 is, where will Beyoncé land? “Texas Hold ‘Em” is a viral smash, but airplay and fan response matter on this chart.The March 2024 Top 40 Country Songs list includes Queen Bey, plus mainstays including Luke Combs, Lainey Wilson and Morgan Wallen. For the first time in a long time, Wallen isn’t inside the Top 5, but that may change in the next 31 days.Related: See the Top 40 Country Songs of 2023New songs from Keith Urban and Dierks Bentley also challenge the Top 40 for March, but both artists have work…

photo: Chris Henderson Few if any of us make it to the other side of our adolescent upbringing without a heavy amount of emotional baggage. It’s a distinct and almost inescapable part of the American experience, no matter how idyllic your upbringing attempted to be. The way innocence is protected until at some point the blindfold is removed and the raw truth of things hits us right in the face, and the way familial secrets are buried deep to present a facade of happiness to the front facing world comes with downstream consequences as we’re dumped into young adulthood. It…

The longer LeBron James continue to ball out at a mind-boggling level at such an advanced basketball age, the harder it’ll be for prisoners of the past to acknowledge that he isn’t the GOAT ahead of Michael Jordan. Even if championships don’t continue piling up for The King, he’ll have enough longevity-based achievements to stake a real claim as the best player to ever hit the hardwood. Furthering that quest in a season in which he already willed the Lakers to the inaugural In-Season Tournament crown, LeBron crossed the 40,000 career points threshold on Saturday night against the reigning NBA…

“This is the most unapologetically ‘Carly’ song I’ve ever written,” the Kentucky native says of new single Carly Pearce has shared her new single “Hummingbird,” the title track of her upcoming album, due out this summer. “When I wrote this song, I knew I wanted this to be the title of the album,” Pearce said in a statement. “This song plays on my bluegrass roots but also lyrically tells the story of the journey I am on of finding love. This is the most unapologetically ‘Carly’ song I’ve ever written.” Hummingbird, Pearce’s follow-up to 2021’s 29: Written in Stone, was…

Country music’s greatest female singers sure know how to live in style! Your favorite country queens have lived like real-life royalty in some pretty spectacular homes all over the world.From classic country stars including Dolly Parton, Tammy Wynette, Faith Hill and Trisha Yearwood to the biggest stars of the modern era, including Carrie Underwood and Miranda Lambert, country music’s top women have demonstrated their impeccable taste in fine living in some amazingly swanky digs. You’ll see some palatial mansions in the pictures below, but there are also rural estates, beach houses and more that made the list.One of the top female…