Ten-Time Grammy Award-Winning Legend George Benson Releases Tribute To Nat King Cole George Benson - Inspiration: A Tribute to Nat King Cole On June 10th 2013, the legendary George Benson , who turned 70 earlier this year, releases one of the most meaningful albums of his career: Inspiration: A Tribute to Nat King Cole . Featuring heartfelt renditions of some of Cole's greatest songs, the album sees Benson backed by the 42-piece Henry [...]
Yup that's what she said (oh yes we did). Tropical French touch and some pretty nifty edits. Check this guy out for frozen drink background music or for nu disco dance floor goodies. C'est très bon! Bio: She said disco , young french artist from Orléans, produce his unique disco-house sound, sensual and aerial, for some years now. His music is a taste of distilled love, an introduction to trip, to enjoy life. After many remixes, he finally decided [...]
Visit Indie Shuffle to download. Sounds like: Th Revenge, Nicholas Song: George Benson - Give Me The Night (The Tailors Remix) [download here ] What's so good? [...]
By Stef Siepel April 05, 2013 The Weekly Froth! A weekly take on six tracks, most of which have recently popped up somewhere in the blogosphere. Bit of a mixed bag with a slight leaning towards house, disco, and remixes, but generally just anything that for some reason tickled the writer’s fancy. Track of the week: ‘International’ (Brother J Disco Dub) (Superbreak) I’m kind of hesitant about something being called a Disco Dub, because for me [...]
this is the special Easter edition of our Illegal Sunday series ENJOY IT AND SPREAD THE WORLD! share, like, tweet, reblog, you know what to do get and give, you know ;) do you wanna see your edit, remix, mashup featured here? SUBMIT IT HERE , doesn’t matter if we ‘know’ each other or not ;) our picks for this week are after jump or in other words here are best mashups, edits and unofficial remixes of the week HAPPY EASTER!! [...]
"Turn Around" by Buffalo NY duo Solidisco is Nu-disco done to its highest level. Sampling from the great George Benson's 1981 track "Turn Your Love Around", Solidisco does an excellent job modernizing (and we mean that in the best possible way) the jazz & B classic. Solidisco - Turn Around Solidisco ( Soundcloud(/a>) Rating 8.3
The duo behind the buttery house track "Set Me Free" are back again to give listeners another infectious beat dripping with disco flavor. This time, Solidisco captures classic 80s vibes with a vocal sample from George Benson's "Turn Your Love Around" to form their own funky rendition entitled "Turn Around." The track, which was released as a free download today, rewinds time with an energized line layered with jazzy piano chords and escalating horns. Solidisco seem to have the perfect mix of ingredients to give disco house a revival and "Turn Around" follows an [...]
Every Wednesday we will be featuring a Sweet Five! What's a Sweet Five you may ask? Well I'll drop you five sweet songs that you should listen to once a week, that will help you get over your hump-day and set sail towards the ever-nearing weekend! Ready? Okay! Blind Pilot - Half Moon This is a soft and lovely song. Sweet lyrics only equal to the sweet voice on this track. A song that is there [...]
We spreken het jaar 1998. Twee jaar eerder deed de zestienjarige Glenn Medeiros mee met een talentenjacht. Hij zong het nummer Nothing's Gonna Change My Love For You van George Benson en won de jacht glansrijk. Wat hij won? 500 dollar keiharde cash, en de kans om het nummer professioneel op te laten nemen. Zo gezegd, zo gedaan. Glenn dook de studio in, maakte een zoetsappige clip en het nummer werd uitgebracht. Met weinig succes, helaas. Totdat op een zeker moment een Amerikaanse DJ van radiostation KZZP uit Phoenix twee jaar later het nummer ontdekte en in [...]
Deen was and is advanced. I still remember the first time someone asked what kind of music I listened to. I wasn't quite as much of a music nerd as I am now (I was about 8 or 9), but I already had a pretty cool answer for my age: "all kinds of stuff - you know, like Sade, Whodini and George Benson." My interrogator happened to be one of my dad's friends and he damn near lost his mind when I mentioned the last name. I thought I was so damned cool because he [...]
George Benson is one smooth cat. This was apparent the moment he started playing his brand of soul jazz at Nathan Phillips. The venue was packed inside and out with die hard fans who have been listening to him for decades. It was funky all ages fun for the whole family. His guitar work is legendary. He evokes guitarist Wes Montgomery with his brand of approachable smooth jazz. I hate using that term because smooth jazz conjures up ideas of flat and uninteresting elevator Muzak. Benson can make soulfully smooth sounds, but he can also play with [...]
Another summer is in full swing and that means festival season! The Toronto Jazz Festival is almost upon us, and this year marks the return of the main stage to Nathan Phillips Square' renovated digs. I haven't had a chance to check out the renovation, but my understanding is that it's pretty awesome. More greenery, multiple viewing balconies, the flame in the Peace Garden will now burn 20 feet high, and free hoverboards are available to cross that pesky fountain! A welcome upgrade to the grey slabs of concrete, no doubt. It's time to [...]
Forgive me the moderate delay in posting a mix for this month, and just know that the delay is solely due to indecision rather than procrastination. Not sure if others will identify with these tracks as much as I do - many are familiar to me after use as hip-hop samples, and a good deal of credit for the selections should go to Hip Hop Is Read and This Is Hip Hop for the coursework. I don't think I've posted any of these artists on any other mixes, but then again, I don't think I've had [...]
Still Fresh: Dance Like Everyone Is Watching April 2012 + Bonus Mix! Since Exfm asked me to make a mix for the month of April, I decided to pull out all the stops and create two playlists of party jamz that were sure to get noticed. In case you missed my posts earlier this week, I consolidated all the goodies below for ya. Just in time for the weekend. Get after it. Dance like everyone’s watching? More like dj like you know what the fuck you’re doing. Cuz, I definitely [...]
With a smooth vocal and sexy instrumentation there's no denying George Benson 's Give Me The Night is a stone cold classic! It's no secret we love a re-edit of a classic here on Hard Candy, so it's therefore our pleasure to present a fine one provided by Chrome Canyon ! This doesn't stray too far from the original but there are just enough tweaks to make it interesting. It's the perfect tune to groove to on an otherwise fairly dull [...]
Gluttony Is The New Black - Dance Like Everyone Is Watching Spring Mix In case you missed it earlier in my Mixtape Monday post, I spent hours slaving over a seriously hot new mix to help get you in the mood for Spring. This is part of a very special April playlist for Exfm dropping tomorrow! Enjoy. STREAM Dance Like Everyone’s Watching HERE . Tracklist: Onra - No Matter What Grimes - Vowels = [...]
Pinemarten is no stranger to ’80s R&B—last year, he released an entire EP of Carly Simon covers—and here, again, he mines the decade with an edit of George Benson's Grammy award-winning "Turn Your Love Around," ... read more
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It was in a place called The Video Café in London’s West End that I first became aware of Whitney Houston. In 1985 the concept of a restaurant playing video promos of pop music on big screens was still so novel as to present a special gastronomic experience. So I heard, and saw, Whitney singing How Will I Know there. She wouldn’t bother the British charts for another few months when she topped the charts with her cover of Marilyn McCoo’s Saving All My Love. We know the [...]
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