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'Spotlights'
and
'Independent
Artists
of
the
Week'...
When LiquidSoulRadio.com
features an artist, we really go all out. Our objective is to bring the artist
closer to the listener. We don't just perform an interview, we have personal
conversations with the artist, so that you can experience the 'true' person.
Many of our featured artists have audio and video clips for your pleasure.
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Goapele
- Independent Artist of the Week
She possesses a most alluring and powerful voice that
defies categorization, injecting poignant words with
both soul and substance. She doesn't need to rely on
technical wizardry because her voice is its own instrument
all within itself. It's quietly Seductive, Sexy, Galvanizing
and Sweet. |
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Aaliyah
In the year since Aaliyah's death, Blackground Records
has had to walk the thin line between keeping her spirit
alive and not running her image into the ground with
a bottomless pit of tributes and retrospectives. They've
succeeded by staying true to the release schedule for
Aaliyah, her last CD, and closing out the year with
"I Care For You," a 14-song reflection of
the singer's career. |
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Asaph
Womack - Independent Artist of the Week
It is his love and life that Asaph Womack wants listeners
to experience when listening to his album. Full of rich
vocals and smooth production, "My Love, My Life"
is one of the finest R&B albums released this year.
Released on GaSoul Records, "My Love, My Life"
takes listeners on a real journey. |
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Jazzhole
- Independent Artist of the Week
Circle of the Sun, Jazzhole's fourth studio recording,
finds founding members Warren Rosenstein, John Pondel
and Marlon Saunders exploring the new hybridity of modern
urban soul: a sound that incorporates downtempo grooves
and acoustic R&B, with hints of ambient electronica
and bossa nova. As much a neo-soul as a nu-jazz release,
Circle of the Sun benefits from performances by several
new guests... |
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Jazzyfatnastee
- Independent Artist of the Week
Now signed to independent, Coolhunter/Ryko Distribution,
the Jazzyfatnastees are poised to release their sophomore
album "The Tortoise and the Hare," in September
2002. The album reflects the duo's various influences
(pop, soul, rock, jazz, Latin music, etc.) and their
complimentary yet very different vocal styles, once
again limited to ten unique tracks, the goal being an
album that's short and sweet, worth listening to from
beginning to end. |
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Debra
Killings - Independent Artist of the Week
You may not know it but if you're into popular music,
you're definitely into Debra Killings. She has performed
on albums recorded by Madonna, George Clinton, Toni
Braxton, Deborah Cox, Aretha Franklin, Curtis Mayfield,
Mista, Highland Place Mobsters, Another Bad Creation,
Goodie Mob and OutKast. The list of artists Debra has
worked with clearly shows her vocal style and musical
genre, working on R&B, Rap/Hip Hop, Dance and Pop.
Most recently her vocal and production talent are featured
on Richard Lugo's Boom, TLC's Fanmail, and Aretha Franklin's
A Rose is Still a Rose. |
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R.Kelly
Unable to put it off any longer, I popped the CD in
and let Chocolate Factory envelope me. No matter what
Kelly’s going through in his personal life right
now, he’s consistent as ever in his music making.
As proof, he penned the crazy hot single, Bump, Bump,
Bump, for B2K; his new duet with Ronald “Mr. Biggs”
Isley is tha’ bomb; and Ignition, the original
and remix, is tearing up the charts. If you doubt his
golden touch, you’re deaf or in denial. |
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D'Mello
- Independent Artist of the Week
OK so you may not have heard this rising superstar before,
but no doubt you’ve listened, maybe even got your
groove on at a club, to some of her songs already. Singer/Songwriter,
D’mello, has proven herself as a prolific songwriter,
penning hits for 3LW and Usher, just to name a couple.
But it was inevitable that this young talent would soon
take center stage and begin performing her own songs. |
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Heston
- Independent Artist of the Week
Fertile Ground always bring joy and passion to their
gumbo of soul, jazz, and afro-caribbean roots. and with
the georgeous voice of Navasha Daya (a cosmic queen
of soul) delivering their message of peace, love and
unity, all doubt and cynicism are firmly squashed against
the wall. |
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Kindred
- The Family Soul
In the midst of juggling a career that’s quickly
jetting them into the musical stratosphere and a family,
which keeps them firmly grounded in reality, Kindred
kicked it with LSR about musical honesty, life in the
biz and taking advice from another famous singing couple,
whose marriage is still ‘solid as a rock.’ |
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Syleena
Johnson
Despite escalating artistic accomplishment, Syleena's
personal life continues to be troubled. While still
attending Illinois State, she met fellow student Marcus
Betts; though the two soon married, Syleena's itinerant
lifestyle was a strain on the marriage, and the couple
decided to divorce. "I don't know if I even really
know what love is," Syleena now confesses. Well
we know we love this bluesy singer and and her signature
voice. |
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Angela
Johnson
Angela Johnson is a bad, bad girl. The proof is in her
debut solo CD, They Don’t Know, a solid project
that spotlights the versatility of this young New Yorker,
who is at the forefront of this country’s (underground)
independent soul movement. Perhaps not since the heydey
of Patrice Rushen and Angela Winbush has a young (female)
soul musician displayed so much ability. Not just a
singer, writer and producer, Johnson is a student of
the old school and a programming whiz who recorded and
mixed her entire CD (at her own Estrogen Studios, no
less). |
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The
Isley Brothers - Exculsive
Sit down with the Isley Brothers and you realize that
nearly 50 years of music history is staring you in the
face. As their 40th album, Body Kiss, awaits release
next month, the brothers are on the promo circuit, handling
the music game and the media with ease, a skill mastered
only by veterans, like themselves. |
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Ledisi
- Revisied
Originally from New Orleans, Louisiana, Ledisi and her
amily moved to Oakland when Ledisi was 10 years old.
Being conceived and raised by an R&B Singer and
a guitar player and her step-dad being a drummer, there
was no doubt that Ledisi, having been raised around
all this music, would turn out to be a singer. She smothered
herself in anything that had to do with music and/or
singing. |
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John
Stephens - Independent Artist of the Week
John Stephens is a remarkably talented young artist.
Reviewers rave about John, calling him a “musical
prodigy” and “a breath of fresh air”
after witnessing his distinct voice and dynamic blend
of soulful melodies and hip-hop rhythms. It’s
no wonder that Roc-a-Fella rapper and super-producer
Kanye West chose John as the first artist to sign to
his new production company, Black Label Entertainment.
West saw in John the embodiment of the musical sound
he has made popular in such classics as Jay-Z’s
The Blueprint and Scarface’s The Fix. John’s
records seamlessly blend old school and new, with a
vintage soul sound driven by cutting edge hip-hop beats.
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Chico
Hamilton
CHICO HAMILTON had his first brush with Hollywood in
1957. Riding high on the popularity of his adventurous
quintet of the time reedist/flutist Paul Horn, bassist
Carson Smith, cellist Fred Katz, guitarist John Pisano
- he and the band were case in Sweet Smell of Success,
a gritty black-and-white film about a ruthless Walter
Winchell-style York City tabloid-gossip columnist, J.J.
Hunsecker, played by a dour Burt Lancaster, who wields
his power like a club. The plot of this sharp-edged
media satire thickens when J.J.'s younger sister, played
by Susan Harrison, begins dating the clean-cut young
jazz guitarist in the Chico Hamilton Quintet, Steve
Dallas, played by Martin Milner. |
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Church
- Songs of Inspiration
Sometimes we fall to the wayside. Who hasn’t looked
up and realized it’s been a minute since they’ve
been to church? Busy at work, busy with the kids, or
just plain busy, but eventually you find your way back.
Well, soul music has done the same, found its way back
to the foundation, which spawned the careers of many,
if not most, R&B/Soul artists past and present.
Church, a CD featuring Jennifer Holliday, Patti Austin,
Patti LaBelle, Shirley Caesar and other sisters in song,
brings our music back home. |
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Eric
Roberson - Independent Artist of the Week
Eric Roberson is a singer's singer. He's an artist and
a storyteller. He writes from the heart and sings from
the soul. Eric Roberson understands the duality of not
only creating music, but also performing it for everyone
to identify with. Eric Roberson gives voice to human
emotion - namely love. |
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Inobe
- Indepentent Artist of the Week
Spirituality is important to Inobe. She lives by it,
feels it in every note and melody that she sings. Inobe’s
goal isn’t to merely entertain audiences with
a sassy song and dance act. She wants to give more of
herself than just the physical. Simply put, Inobe wants
to use her God-given talents to reach into the soul
of her listeners and touch the very essence of their
spirits. She wants to give you an illuminating and inspiring
music experience that transcends the material world.
The Atlanta-based artist has been causing a stir with
her unique blend of neo-classical soul that’s
been called “Billie Holiday-meets-funk-jazz”.
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RL
What is it that attributes to an artists longevity?
Music, vocal ability, writing skills and memorable songs.
RL (AKA Robert Huggar), a multi talented solo artist
as well as member of the R&B group Next, has all
of the qualities that has also stamped Luther Vandross,
Peabo Bryson and R. Kelly as house hold names for years
to come. |
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KEM
KEM,
a self-taught musician, wrote and produced KEMISTRY.
He was born in Nashville and raised in Detroit, the
birthplace of Motown Records. "I wanted to make
music all of my life. I started playing piano when
I was five," he recalls. "My grandparents
had a piano in their house and my earliest memory
of playing was on that piano. There's something about
a piano that turns me on." |
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Dwele
- Exclusive
Summer 2003 and without a doubt the man of the hour
on the soulful side of things is Detroit’s own
Dwele. I first encountered this artist’s unique
and stripped down hip hop soul sound in 2000 when bootleg
demos of his Stevie Wonder take off “Too Fly”
made the rounds among us Atlanta soul heads. I’ve
been following ever since. The independent Dwele release
“Rize” was my soundtrack in 2001 along with
a fair share of “Dwele Remixes” for everyone
from London’s New Sector Movements to Lucy Pearl.
I knew being featured on the hook for Slum Village’s
2002 hit “Tainted” was a good sign, and
now the much-anticipated major label debut has hit the
shelves. |
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