Posts tagged "Gregory Isaacs"

R.I.P. Gregory Isaacs

Gregory Isaacs was easily one of the reggae genre’s Top Five vocalists all-time. His smooth tones were capable of mastering material that was explicitly political as well as explicitly personal-much like Motown legend Marvin Gaye. Which is why it makes sense that Isaacs’ most popular song on American shores was the 1982 classic “Night Nurse”, a song that bears more than a passing resemblance to Gaye’s comeback smash “Sexual Healing”. Since it’s release, it’s been covered by a sea of […]

Smoothed Out Sundays: A Double Shot of Simply Red

First off, I admire Simply Red’s Mick Hucknall because he can sing his ass off. For a quarter century, he’s been one of the most soulful voices to come out of the U.K.-an area that has no shortage of great soul singers (George Michael, Amy Winehouse, Joss Stone, Annie Lennox, Alison Moyet). Second, I admire Mick because he manages to score hot chicks despite the fact that he is NOT aging very well (and he wasn’t that much of a […]