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Music Review |”Suit and Tie” – Justin Timberlake ft. Jay-Z
After a musical hiatus, he’s back with his long anticipated new single “Suit & Tie” from his forthcoming album the 20/20 Experience.
Music Review | Trust and Believe by Keyshia Cole
True words of a woman scorned, belted out by none other than Keyshia Cole. “Trust and Believe“ serves as the 2nd single from her long anticipated, 5th album, “Woman to Woman”.
The African Folk Soul of Bongos Ikwue: Beloved Nigerian Singer-Songwriter’s First U.S. Release
The 1970’s were an extremely fertile era for music. In America, progressive soul and funk broke new ground while London spawned the punk rock scene and Kingston, Jamaica gave the world roots reggae. In Nigeria, an extraordinarily diverse and dynamic cultural scene yielded not only Fela’s Afrobeat and juju’s peak with Sunny Ade and Ebenezer Obey but also myriad rock and funk groups such as BLO and The Funkees. One of the most popular singers on the Nigeria scene at that time was Bongos Ikwue, whose personalized style of African folk and American soul music made him completely unique
Putumayo Goes Indie: Brazilian Beat Uncovers the Roots-Powered Edge of the Worldwide Brazilian Music Scene
Glittering break beats are at home with bouncing berimbaus while rolling Afro-Brazilian rhythms, retro samba soul and velvety bossa nova vocals mesh and groove organically. This is the unstoppable Brazilian Beat (Putumayo World Music; release: January 31, 2012).