Darien Brockington is back with the follow-up to his 2006 solo debut Somebody To Love. (more…)

“Heartless” is the new single from Carmen Rodgers’ much anticipated follow up to her 2004 indie soul favorite Free. With an infectious synth-driven, mid-tempo groove, “Heartless” should keep your heads bobbing until the album Intermission drops on March 30, 2010. Enjoy!

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Album: Secrets
Songwriter/Producer: Michael Cooper, Skip Scarborough
Label: Mercury
Year: 1977

Definitely looking forward to this one.

By Sarah Rodman
Globe Staff / October 21, 2008

It’s fitting that when the women of the trailblazing trio Labelle finally decided to reunite, it was to pay homage to another groundbreaking black woman.

“When Rosa Parks died [in 2005], there was a song that I had written called ‘Dear Rosa,’ and I wanted Labelle to record that as a tribute to her,” says Nona Hendryx. “I think it’s important to make sure people don’t forget.”

The women of Labelle – Hendryx, Patti Labelle, and Sarah Dash – would never place themselves on the same plane as the civil rights pioneer. But what they accomplished in the ’60s and ’70s – morphing from a typical girl group into genre-bending queens of glam, soul, gospel, and rock – was in its own way an act of defiance, and it too should not be forgotten. (Their silver spandex spacesuit costumes are best left interred in the ’70s, however.)
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Man Parrish

Album: Man Parrish
Songwriter/Producer: Man Parrish/John Robie/Raul A. Rodriguez
Label: Polydor
Year: 1983

Credit

“Why don’t we just leave it alone and go our separate ways
For some reason we don’t get along I miss those yesterdays
I don’t know why I love you so
trying so hard not to let you go
every time I say go I walk back through the door”

He’s baaaaack. Definitely takes you back — nice comeback single.  Album is out now.

Not No More

Album: Let it Rain
Songwriter(s)/Producer(s): Jones, J.E./Jordan, M.
Label:Native
Year: 2008

New Orleans native and supremely talented vocalist Ledisi performing live on the Michael Baisden show.

Album: Lost & Found
Songwriter(s)/Producer(s): Rex Rideout, Ledisi Young
Label: Verve Forecast
Year: 2007

Just in time for the holidays, her new album, “It’s Christmas”, is also available. Check out the review from Soul Tracker, L. Michael Gipson.

Timeless.

            Artist: Earth Wind & Fire
                   Album: All ‘N All
                          Writers: Larry Dunn, Maurice White
                                    Label: Columbia
                                            Year: 1977

- Earth Wind & Fire Lyrics