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The Blerd Radio Podcast 2016: Episode 10 (“Maxwell’s Urban Hang Suite”)

by Popblerd Staff on Sep 26, 2016 • No Comments

The latest Blerd Radio podcast tackles the debut album by R&B superstar Maxwell. Can you believe it’s been 20 years?

This Week’s New Music: Maxwell & Paul Simon

by MJ on Apr 12, 2016 • No Comments

music / news / Pop Music / soul music

I give a listen to new songs by Maxwell & Paul Simon.

Blerd Radio 2015 | Episode 1: The Neo-Soul Podcast

by Popblerd Staff on Feb 23, 2015 • 1 Comment

Blerd Radio / music / Podcasts / soul music

We’re talking Erykah, Jill, Angie, Lauryn and more in our neo-soul podcast.

Maxwell Invites Us To His “Summer Soulstice” Tour

by MJ on Apr 21, 2014 • 2 Comments

music / soul music / Tour Dates

Maxwell announces a tour. Now…how about an album maybe?

Alicia Keys & Maxwell Create Kind of a Spark in “The Fire We Make”

by MJ on Apr 25, 2013 • No Comments

music / Pop Music / soul music / The Viewfinder / Videos

We didn’t start the fire. Neither did Alicia Keys and Maxwell, in this new video.

bLISTerd: The 100 Best R&B Songs of the ’90s (#50-#41)

by Popblerd Staff on Aug 21, 2012 • 9 Comments

bLISTerd / Lists! / Pop Music / soul music

We’ve officially hit the second half of our R&B list! This volume features hits by Erykah Badu, Maxwell and Hi-Five! Let’s play the kissing game! Or not…

bLISTerd: The 100 Best R&B Songs of the ’90s (#60-#51)

by MJ on Aug 20, 2012 • 7 Comments

bLISTerd / Lists! / Pop Music / soul music

We’re almost at the halfway point on our list of the ’90s best R&B songs. Vibe out with jams from Erykah Badu, Usher and Jodeci. Oooh yeah!

Blerd Briefs: “UnSung” Nas & Maxwell

by MJ on Jun 25, 2012 • 5 Comments

Blerd Briefs / Concert Reviews / hip-hop / music / New Release Report / New Releases / news / Pop Music / Release Dates / soul music / TV

If you’re watching TV tonight, make sure you’re checking out the season premiere of “UnSung” on TvOne, which profiles Sly & The Family Stone. Also, Maxwell cancels his tour and Amy Winehouse joins Nas on his new album.

bLISTerd: The Top 100 Albums of the ’90s (60-51)

by Popblerd Staff on Oct 29, 2011 • 12 Comments

bLISTerd / hip-hop / Lists! / music / Pop Music / soul music

T-Boz, Left Eye and Chilli had #1 hits, won Grammys…and finish on our list of the Best Albums of the Nineties, which continues with #60-#51.

Albums That Time Forgot: Remy Shand’s “The Way I Feel”

by MJ on Jul 19, 2010 • No Comments

music / soul music

I don’t think any genre has been party to as many disappearances or freakouts as the R&B subgenre they call “neo-soul” (which has devolved to basically mean any music made by an R&B musician that’s played on real instruments and/or doesn’t sound like it was made by Timbaland or The Neptunes and/or doesn’t feature Lil Wayne or Drake). Maxwell took off for the better part of eight years. Lauryn Hill and D’Angelo have been threatening comebacks forever. And Canadian singer/songwriter […]

Dear Sade…We Have Waited a Long, LONG Time for You

by MJ on Feb 9, 2010 • 20 Comments

music / New Releases / soul music

Part of my job is to go and visit record stores, make sure they’re carrying the product we sell. I try to time my visits so they occur on one of two days: either on Friday (because by the end of the week I have the worst cabin fever in the world) or on Tuesday (because that’s when new music comes out). This week’s major new release is the first album in 10 years from British Band Sade. This album, […]