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Posts tagged "Blue-eyed soul"
“ETC”-So, Why Don’t You Love Francis & The Lights Yet?
One of the brightest shining “light”s in pop music has a new song out!
Mayer Hawthorne’s “Designer Drug”: The Singles Bar Review
Following an extensive tour in support of his excellent 2011 LP How Do You Do, Mayer Hawthorne has just unleashed his latest single. Similar to the stylistic leap between his first two albums, “Designer Drug” shows Hawthorne staying within his idiom of blue eyed soul, yet inching into new territory. It’s a solid strategy for maintaining your fanbase while not becoming artistically stagnant. This time around, Hawthorne has taken a left onto the dancefloor, serving up an irresistibly catchy tune […]
Guess What, JT? Robin Thicke is Coming for That Ass!
There’s room for more than one blue-eyed soulman in this piece.
Boz Scaggs Brings His Signature Cool to “Memphis”
Boz Scaggs pays tribute to a fine musical city with his latest album, “Memphis.”
Hear Here: Marc Broussard’s “Lucky”
You know how some artists just frustrate the crap out of you? Or confuse the crap out of you? Marc Broussard’s one of those guys. Seven years ago, his debut major-label album, Carencro (also the name of his Louisiana hometown), landed on my desk. While there was no doubt that the man could sing, it seemed like his record company couldn’t decide if they wanted to make him the next D’Angelo or the next John Mayer, so he became some […]
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 […]