Author: The Anarchist
Keyboardist/arranger/producer/recording artist Dexter Wansel can be heard throughout the catalog of Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff’s Philadelphia International Records. His skills can be heard on non-PIR sides like Jermaine Jackson’s “Where Are You Now” from his gold LP Let’s Get Serious and “Tonight” from Junior’s Acquired Taste LP. His frequent songwriting partners were Cynthia Biggs, Bunny Sigler, and T. Life. A synth pioneer, Wansel’s first LP arranging assignment was several tracks on Carl Carlton‘s 1975 LP, I Wanna Be With You, produced by Bunny Sigler. A Biggs/Wansel song, “The Sweetest Pain,” a duet between Wansel and Jean Carn, originally a 1979 single from Wansel’s Time Is Slipping Away LP, was a popular radio-aired LP from Loose Ends’ Zagora…
By Guardian Nigeria 02 March 2024 | 8:04 am Nigeria is, without doubt, doing tremendously well in its entertainment industry producing popular music talents who are gaining recognition both locally and internationally One of the fast-growing talents in the gospel music industry is an Afrogospel, UK-based artist Jvson, who has made a name for himself as a talented singer, and songwriter. His music blends elements… Jvson Nigeria is, without doubt, doing tremendously well in its entertainment industry producing popular music talents who are gaining recognition both locally and internationally One of the fast-growing talents in the gospel music industry…
This week’s One To Watch is the latest release from Mi Soul’s Brian Power , collaborating with vocalist Amir for ‘ Beyond the Blue’ , released on SoulHouse Music .Following on from highly successful collaborations with vocalists such as Lucita Jules , Roachford , Cornell CC Carter and Hil St Soul , this latest release is sure to establish Brian’s reputation as a writer and producer even further , diversifying his output in this soulful stripped back, downtempo track .As the founder, writer, producer and A&R director of SoulHouse Music, one of the UK’s freshest dance music imprints, Brian Power…
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…
