Date :
20 Jan
20 Jan
Charlie Butler. Music Writer at Mi-Soul Radio. Follow @CharlieBCopy This week see’s entries from Midas Hutch, Bruno Mars and a huge welcome back to A Tribe Called Quest… ‘The Space Program’ – A Tribe Called Quest With a new President coming into power and a lack of conscious rappers in America at the moment, the…
Read moreCharlie Butler. Music Writer at Mi-Soul Radio. Follow @CharlieBCopy ‘Thick of It’ – Mary J. Blige Such expansiveness and snare-powered pace is not Mary J. Blige’s stock-in-trade. We’re used to slow ballads and melodic pop numbers from the American singer. Her new single ‘Thick of It’ is a soaring epic. And that has something to…
Read moreCharlie Butler. Music Writer at Mi-Soul Radio. Follow @CharlieBCopy ‘Over Again’ – Mr. Bird featuring Greg Blackman Groovy grooves for a Sunday shubs. Mr. Bird’s ‘Over Again’ is the epitome of feel-good music. The producer is currently based in sunny Lisbon and something of the sun’s lazy shine has rubbed off on the track. It’s…
Read moreCharlie Butler takes a deeper look at the Mi-Soul Playlist. @CharlieBCopy ’24K Magic’ – Bruno Mars Bruno Mars didn’t used to be this cool, did he? I always suspected the immense popularity of ‘Uptown Funk’ was due largely to Mark Ronson. But with ’24K Magic’ the singer-songwriter is carrying on his transformation from family-friendly…
Read more@CharlieBCopy. Charlie Butler takes a deeper look at the Mi-Soul Playlist. ‘Love Star’ – Common featuring Marsha Ambrosius and PJ Common hasn’t released an album since 2014 Nobody’s Smile. So it was good to hear he has another on the way (Black America Again) because he’s still an artist from the very top…
Read moreCharlie Butler takes a look at the Mi-Soul Playlist… ‘Barely Breakin’ Even (Opolopo Remix)’ – Leroy Burgess Time and music work cyclically and as time keeps turning, so too do musical trends come back around. Originally released in 1982 by the Universal Robot Band this song filled the dance floors of New…
Read moreCharlie Butler takes a look at this week’s playlist. ‘Who Is He?’ – Alaia & Gallo featuring Kevin Haden If you’re in the market for a euphoric, floor-filling tranche of the deepest house then Soul Heaven’s latest label recruits have just the thing. Italian duo Alaia & Gallo’s newest offering ‘Who Is He?’ is bassy…
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