Category: Features
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Jeffrey Wright: A Retrospective
Some artists exist within the realms of our collective consciousness with a more low-key profile than others. They ply their trade with minimal fuss and for its original purpose – to entertain whilst enlightening. Unfortunately for us, their low-key status means we are not fully exposed to their genius. One such genius is DC native…
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SOUL IN THE CITY: An Insider’s Guide To Washington DC
Though known mostly for its political ties, Washington D.C. is a city filled with arts, culture and fashion. For first time visitors, seeing the well known national sites can give you a sense of the city’s history, but it won’t necessarily give you a taste of the city’s flavour. For that, you have to venture…
A guide to Washington DC, Asheru, bohemian caverns, chocolate city, deborah bond, District Of Columbia, Duke Ellington, Go-Go, hip hop, kaffa house, Low Budget Crew, Martin Luther King, Marvin Gaye, Meshell Ndegeocello, Muhsinah, Obama, Raheem Devaughn, Roberta Flack, Shirley Horn, state of the union, the chocolate cit special, the White House, U Street, USA, w ellington felton, washington, Washington DC, Wayna, XO -
SoulCulture presents: Aaliyah Revisited. FREE DOWNLOAD!
25TH AUGUST 2009 SOULCULTURE.CO.UK PRESENTS: AALIYAH REVISITED TRIBUTE EP Eight years to the day after the tragic passing of Aaliyah Dana Haughton, the original princess of R&B, ten of today’s progressively soulful artists have recorded interpretations of their favourite Aaliyah songs for Aaliyah Revisited – a 2009 tribute EP internationally curated by urban-music-and-culture online magazine…
Aaliyah Revisited, AFTA-1, Baby Sol, basement jaxx, Beenie Man, Beverley Knight, Blac Einstein, Cover Versions, DE LA soul, EP, eric roberson, Gabrielle Smith, Gabriielle, jesse boykins iii, Jodi Milliner, Jonas, KRS-One, Marsha Ambrosius, mixtape, Nikko Gray, photobyTone, RizeOfTheRobotz, Samuel Morton, soulculture, Sy Smith, Tamar Nussbacher, Tawiah, tone, tribute, Tya Anthony, Vula -
Washington DC: An Introduction
Washington, D.C. is the seat of power of the United States of America. Its outward persona is commonly typecast with lawmakers, armies of greedy lobbyists and granite monuments teeming with tourists – but the greater Washington area is also an international hub of media, technology, education and business. The current residents of the White House…
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SoulCulture CHOCOLATE CITY SPECIAL ft. Wale, Muhsinah, Wayna, Jeffrey Wright, Oddisee, Bilal Salaam + more
This July SoulCulture.co.uk unleashes its first in a series of downloadable, themed mini-magazine PDFs – The Chocolate City Special – OUT NOW! Shining the spotlight on Washington DC, we examine some of the key musical and cultural highlights the city has to offers – including features on Hip Hop artists Wale and Oddisee and soulful…
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Michael Jackson 1958-2009: The End of an Era? – A Tribute and Retrospective.
I was deep in slumber in the early hours of 26 June, when the sound of my phone vibrating obnoxiously stirred me from my sleep. I thought it odd that there was something so urgent at that time. I went back to sleep assured that it was just a delayed text response from someone who…
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A Song for You: Soulculture pays tribute to the Carpenters…
It’s a well known fact amongst anyone who knows my musical inclinations, that I hold the Carpenters in very high regard. Yesterday I performed one of their most covered hits ‘Superstar’ at an open mic night in Shoreditch, East London. It was a toss up between Karen and Ella Fitzgerald but after seeing a documentary…
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THE CULT OF LAURYN HILL: An Alternative View
The Cult of Lauryn Hill: An Alternative View By Tola Ositelu My first introduction to Lauryn Hill was way back in the mid-‘90s. In hindsight it was a rather late one. Most people were already familiar with her 1993 appearance in Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit, which for some reason had escaped my…
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Sweet Spot: Entroducing
Sweet whats? Sweet spots, those moments, those glorious moments in records that only you love for (Minnie Ripperton) reasons specific to you. Pharrell Williams of N.E.R.D., The Neptunes and his own fame spoke of such moments on Gilles Peterson’s BBC Radio 1 show, Worldwide, back in July of 2006. For him, it was the matching…
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War in a rack Pt 2
WAR IN A RACK – Part Two [..continued] URBAN MUSIC Its not surprising that the term ‘urban’ itself gives so many artists a problem. On the one hand it doesn’t embrace the full gamut of black music, and on the other it includes names that have a dubious connection to ‘the streets’ (Lily Allen or…