Category: Features
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Democracy In Motion: The Importance of Voting | Comment
November 2, 2010 is a date that will go down in the annals of history in the United States. This may be the very day where the United States turns the clock back to some of its darkest days from a policy and cultural standpoint. The Tea Party movement has been piping hot since the…
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Jodeci: Forever My Lady (1991) | Classic Albums Revisited
Forever My Lady was released on Memorial Day weekend in 1991 and was critically acclaimed as a success by music industry insiders and culture writers of the time period. The genre of R&B was being dominated by the infusion of Teddy Riley’s New Jack Swing style at the time and it was at a real…
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Jodeci: Forever My Lady (1991) | Classic Albums Revisited
Forever My Lady was released on Memorial Day weekend in 1991 and was critically acclaimed as a success by music industry insiders and culture writers of the time period. The genre of R&B was being dominated by the infusion of Teddy Riley’s New Jack Swing style at the time and it was at a real…
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SoulCulture Nominated For Soul Train Award: Best Soul Site 2010 | Get Voting!
“Nowadays every one seems to have a music blog or website, but only a few manage to be on top,” was the precursor yesterday as CentricTV announced the addition of a new category to this year’s Soul Train Awards: Best Soul Sites…. And guess who’s nominated! ‘Soul Culture UK’ A-mazing and totally unexpected. We’re the…
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Talib Kweli Talks Gutter Rainbows, Prisoners Of Conscious, Goonish Rap & Being A Better Writer
After performing at The Roundhouse in London on the 17th of this month, Talib Kweli invited SoulCulture down to the studio the next day, where he was joined by Akon affiliated UK emcee Sway to record a song together. He later refers to other homegrown talents Kano, Estelle, Ty, Roots Manuva and Blak Twang as…
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En Vogue: The Girl Group Ideal | Live Review
Come on, admit it. If you are a female of a certain age you wanted to be a member of En Vogue just like I did when I was little. They are the girl group ideal; one of the best that ever recorded. A quartet of talented, gorgeous women whose looks and voices complemented each…
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En Vogue: The Girl Group Ideal | Live Review
Come on, admit it. If you are a female of a certain age you wanted to be a member of En Vogue just like I did when I was little. They are the girl group ideal; one of the best that ever recorded. A quartet of talented, gorgeous women whose looks and voices complemented each…
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Darien Brockington Talks Gospel Influences, Artistry & Independence
The state of North Carolina has been the home for some of the greatest singers and musicians in the history of music. Nina Simone, Ben E. King, Shirley Caesar, Roberta Flack and George Clinton are just a few artists in a long lineage of incredible, groundbreaking talent. The next in this line is R&B singer/songwriter…
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You Don’t Love Me No More? The Decade The Physical Outlet Ended
In Last Orders at the Spinning Disc: What’s Happened to Record Shops?, a documentary aired on BBC Radio 2 in May this year and presented by record producer Pete Waterman, Sir Richard Branson declared that in his opinion there would be no music stores left by 2020. In his words: “There may be one or…