GEORGE HUFF - MY CHRISTMAS
George Huff "My Christmas" Album Review
Huff can SING!
I was fortunate enough to meet and spend some time with George a few months ago. At the time I didn't own any of his cd's, but now I do, and I gotta say he is incredibly talented! I don't usually listen to this style of music, but my wife loves it, so I try to find artists that I find bearable so we don't end up fighting over the car radio on trips. I find myself being the one to recommend putting George in the cd player. He is a great artist, and a wonderful person to boot. In person he is just as genuine, kind, and nice as he appeared on Idol, and that carries through to his music. Great guy. Great music. Great purchase!
MARLENA SHAW - LOOKIN FOR LOVE
Marlena Shaw "Lookin for Love" Album Review
Late Night Love Music
Marlena's latest release is simply beautiful. A mixture of simple yet interesting arrangements with a trio and sometimes percussion, excellent songs produce Marlena's most relaxed vocals in decades.On this album she doesn't shoot the sparks that she can, she opts to just sit back and let her unique phrasing and time do their thing. She's been around long enough to know that great songs can just be sung and if you're comfortable with the song, the results will be special. <br>The music starts with "Hope In A Hopeless World". It has great lyric and the Stevie Wonder reference after the bridge drew chuckles for it's pertinence to the song. Marlena sounds divine!<br>"New York State Of Mind" is given a nice mid-tempo treatment and Marlena glides right through. "For All We Know" is one of my all-time favorites and Marlena keeps it there- She's great with ballads and even with all of her vocalisms, never over sings. "Just The Two Of Us" is so fresh with a new tempo and Marlena just makes you feel every word! "Everything Must Change" is Marlena doing Bernard Ighner (who played a major hand in her other classic "Who Is This Bitch?")- It's fabulous. "Here's To Life" would be worth the price of the album, even if the rest weren't this good. "Easy Living" is just oh so nice. "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy" is Marlena revisiting her first hit from the 60s and she has now recorded it for new listeners- We're glad she did.
THE SPINNERS - YESTERDAY TODAY AND TOMORROW
The Spinners "Yesterday Today and Tomorrow" Album Review
Ty Bess (the music man)
This was truly the end.Yesterday ,today & tomorrow was the last of the gems.You can tell they tryed hard to make this album another spinners classic.cuts like i found love ,your the love of my life and i must be living for a broken heart are truly the spinners at their best!.The song baby i need your love ia a bad attempt to remake the classic love don,t love nobody.Throwing a good love away is the song that tells mr wynn don,t know it now but you know it someday!.Labor of love is a disco cd it,s ok i guess because im a big spinners fan enjoy!
THE CHAMBERS BROTHERS - GREATEST HITS
The Chambers Brothers "Greatest Hits" Album Review
Psychedelic Soul
This is a great compilation of the band that truly exemplified the genre Psychedelic Soul. If you dig The Temptations, and Sly And The Family Stone than this is a must have. Raw Funky Soulful jams that are truly infectious. Songs from this album can be heard in samples on alot of hip hop tracks. Buy this album for sure/
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