Posts tagged "Kem"

My Soul Train Awards Not-So-Live Blog

A live-blog of the 2010 Soul Train Music Awards. This show featured performances by Erykah Badu and Cee-Lo Green, as well as tributes to Anita Baker and Ronald Isley.

Chart Stalker 8/26/10: There’s Life!!!

Eminem #1, yada yada yada blah blah blah. However, the remainder of the Top 10 on this week’s Billboard album chart gets an almost complete makeover,  by virtue of six debuts and a reentry. The only albums in this week’s Top 10 that were also in last week’s Top 10 besides Eminem are Arcade Fire’s “The Suburbs” (#7) and Justin Bieber’s “My World 2.0” (#8). This week’s Top 10 debuts come from R&B singer Kem (#2), singer-songwriters Ray LaMontagne (#3) […]

New Release Report 8/17/10: Sensitivity

Those of you who like your singer/songwriters sensitive are in for a treat today, because the overwhelming majority of albums coming out today (at least those worth mentioning) feature in that little sub-genre! I promise I will not say another word about how Ray LaMontagne makes me swoon. All I will say is that his fourth album, “God Willin’ and the Creek Don’t Rise” is at the top of my new release list for various reasons. I will also say […]