What's a woman to do? To put it crudely, but not inaccurately, young, black women trying to make it in today's 21st century music business are dimes a dozen. Each one tries somehow to distinguish one's self from other the other selves who equally trying to distinguish themselves, ad infinitum. So like if everybody is trying to be different, doesn't that like make everybody kind of alike? Plus, beyond the hustle to outpace the pack, there is the conflicting need to be popular, to sell, to attract mass attention. It helps to appeal to tastes that [...]
The first post of the month features covers of every track on a famous album. Got an idea for a future pick? Leave a note in the comments!Peter Gabriel has never gotten much love from the indie world, but thanks to a new covers album he's finally getting the Pitchfork articles he deserves. Scratch My Back presents a clever concept: he covers the likes of Radiohead and Arcade Fire with the
Soulbounce.com's Butta gave us her top picks for the year: Reel People - Seven Ways To Wonder Little Brother - Leave It All Behind Jazzanova - Of All the Things Eric Benet - Love & Life Erik Rico - Journey Back To Me Raphael Saadiq - The Way I See It Angela Johnson - A Woman's Touch, Vol. 1 Nikka Costa - Pebble To A Pearl [...]
First video from rising star, Maiysha , off her debut album This Much Is True .
First video from rising star, Maiysha , off her debut album This Much Is True .
Maiysha's This Much Is True , the first release out this summer on the UFO/Ryko-distributed Eusonia label, marks the arrival of a striking new figure in the presently up-for-grabs realm of contemporary soul music. The debut album from the Brooklyn-based writer/artist is elegant and intelligent, hook-laden and envelope-pushing; no wonder Maiysha and producer, co-writer, Eusonia founder Scott Jacoby prefer to describe their joint creation as progressive soul. The songs on This Much Is True are rooted in the classic soul acts that first gave Maiysha her love of music- musicians like Stevie Wonder , Earth [...]
The Devil's blog is in danger of becoming a victim of it's own success as the inbox overflows with unread emails. In an effort to clear the backlog I've spent a few hours ploughing through the hundreds of mails and over the next few days will be posting short sharp introductions to some great bands and artists such as... Maiysha Genre: Progressive / Soul / Pop [...]
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