Blog: HEAR THE SOUNDS

Quality Jazz Funk tune from friend Opolopo! Peter is amazing to see live and he's also a genius on the key which you will hear on this free download track he made back in 2005. This is music to my ears. Talks are in the works for round 2 in the states, TBA

Shout out to Roger Mas...

I've always appreciated the sounds of "Taylor McFerrin" son on the noise maker Bobby McFerrin. Taylor keeps to the family tradition using a beatbox technique to his soul roots. Much like his father in the 80's, Taylor is one of those soul artist a "Crate Digger" will bring in conversation. To give you some idea on this mans status. Don't sleep on his music.

The "Classic" New York Graffiti Book now hitting the Big Screen. Coming Spring 2012 Classic Hits: New York's Pioneering Subway Graffiti Writers is a book by Alan Fleisher and Paul Iovino, with an introduction by Phase 2 that covers over 40 years of graffiti in the Big Apple. In Classic Hits, the pioneers talk about how they got started and where graffiti took them. Together, the essays offer an invaluable picture of graff in the early, playful years. Featured artists in the groundbreaking book include Ale One, All Jive 161, Blade, Cay 161, Checker 170, Clyde, Death, Fdt [...]

Listen to what Theo is saying...

Music will be provided by KDJ aka Moodymann BIG BOB (New York) KEN SMALLS (Detroit) MZ DJ TONE (Chicago) Promoter / Mahogani Group LLC There will be a giveaway of 5 round-trip tickets for the best skaters to represent Soul Skate in London, UK. Age: 21 & Up Free soul food while it lasts. - Friday, May 25th (warm up) / 10:30pm - 1:30am / Northland Roller Skating Center - [...]

For this webisode of Bling47 Breaks spent a warm summer afternoon on the east side of Detroit with one of the citys jewels. It was good to sit down with DJ Dez and talk music and local politics. He's played a big role with Slum Village and the entire Detroit music scene since day one. As a talented DJ/ Producer/ Emcee and instrumentalist it's no wonder Dez connected with Dilla and Badu on this classic track. Big shout to E. Badu, Thanks for all the great music. Salute. [...]

This is the OFFICIAL TRAILER for the documentary feature Charles Bradley: Soul of America, which will have its world premiere at the SXSW Film Festival in March 2012. Charles Bradley: Soul of America captures the incredible late in life rise of 62 year old aspiring soul singer Charles Bradley, whose unprecedented debut album rocketed him from a hard life in the projects to Rolling Stone magazine's top 50 albums of 2011. Trailer Credits: Director Poull Brien. EP/Producer: Alexander Brough. DP: Stuart McCardle. Editor: Poull Brien. Titles: Robert S. Dunbar. Music by Charles Bradley and Menahan Street Band. For more information [...]

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On the premiere episode of The Downshift, Joe Ray, custom car legend and editor in chief of Lowrider magazine, guides you through the culture, history and trends of the world of Lowrider. Riding shotgun is technical editor Saul Vargas, who reveals the true global reach of the Lowrider movement. Correction: In a rush to bring Joe's great video to you, we misspelled his last name on the title credit. It's R-A-Y! HUGE apologies to the Lowrider legend. The Downshift appears every Tuesday on the new Motor Trend channel. http://www.youtube.com/motortr end

What a beautiful piece from Shook ! I've been following this kid for awhile who makes music for everybody. Electro Pop, Remix, Soul, Indie, Dance etc. By far this is his best piece in my eyes. Enjoy

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Many rumors are circulated about Larry Heard — the man who put the 'deep' in house music. The legend himself talks about his true history: how he swapped his drums for machines and became a part of the blossoming Chicago house scene of the mid-'80s. Doing his "research," he met up with vocalist Robert Owens, with whom he formed the infamous Fingers Inc. This self-proclaimed "late bloomer" has stayed spiritual, soulful, and productive. Can you feel it? Lecture: Larry Heard (Seattle 2005) from Red Bull Music Academy on [...]

The boys from Berlin are back. Jazzanova return with their first single 'Let Me Show Ya' featuring Paul Randolph off their second full length 'Of All The Things." The album features guests Leon Ware, Dwele, Jose James, Phonte, Azymuth and more. Release TBA From the forthcoming Jazzanova "Funkhaus Studio Sessions"(Sonar Kollektiv / May 2012). musicians in the video are: Axel Reinemer: Machines, Tambourine Stefan Leisering: Congas of Jazzanova. featuring: Paul Randolph: Vocals [...]

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In 2011, REEL PEOPLE MUSIC brought you the soulful album 'REEL PEOPLE PRESENT GOLDEN LADY'. The title track was a rework of the STEVIE WONDER classic GOLDEN LADY and featured the beautiful vocals of one of the world's finest soul voices, TONY MOMRELLE. We are now proud to showcase the Official Music Video for 'Golden Lady'. A big thank you to all involved especially Joko Ledru, Anthony Maizil, Guillaume Polere & Andy Mcdermott. For more info on all of our releases [...]

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Danny Trejo aka Machete lowriding with Mister Cartoon from SA Studios Global on Vimeo .

"Love, peace and soul." Don Cornelius would sign off with those words after every episode of his famed dance/music program "Soul Train," and now the television show host and producer is dead. On Wednesday morning (February 1), Cornelius was found dead in his Sherman Oaks, California, home with a gunshot wound to the head, TMZ is reporting. Sources told the website that Cornelius' death appears to be a suicide. It was also reported that police discovered Cornelius' body at around 4 a.m. PT on Wednesday and he was later taken to an area hospital where he [...]

So Fresh... Takes talent to do something tiny and clean. Props!