I’m currently working on a post to bring this blog back up to date. In the meantime, enjoy this blast from the past. Minnie Riperton released her third solo album […]
In 1972, Canadian band Skylark released their recording of one of the most widely covered power ballad from that era. Famed singer/songwriter and producer had put together the band Skylark […]
Minnie Riperton released her third solo album in 1975, Adventures in Paradise. “Inside My Love” written by Riperton, her husband Richard Rudolph, and Leon Ware, was the first single off […]
In 1965 the British group The Animals had a top 40 hit in the US with “Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood” written by Bennie Benjamin, Gloria Caldwell, and Sol Marcus. According to […]
In 1966 Chicago native Marshall Chess set out to form a band different from the R&B, soul and gospel groups his father and uncle had on their Chess Record label. […]
In the late 90s and early 2000s the musical collective Soulquarians made a big mark on hip-hop and neo-soul. In 2000 they created Common’s Like Water for Chocolate album which […]
