Category Archives: soul

flashback: amy winehouse

British soul singer Amy Winehouse — she of the loud voice and even louder hair-style — died of a drug overdose last night, joining musical icons Kurt Cobain, Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix in the infamous “27 Club” … Continue reading

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song of the day: little ghetto boy

R&B’s smoothest crooner and hip hop’s greatest live band covering old-school soul classics? Doesn’t sound like too bad a proposition to me. If you like what you hear, the rest of Legend’s new album Wake Up! is currently streaming for … Continue reading

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song of the day: cold war

I rarely listen to music-with-real-instruments anymore, but this album had me hypnotised for weeks. Check it out if you haven’t already: Monae’s music is lush, layered and deeply emotional (she even pulls a Sinead O’Connor in her music video). It’s … Continue reading

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