Soul And Funk Music Interviews and Liners

Stacy Lattisaw Take it All The Way IF predictions were my line, Motown's newest signing Stacy Lattisaw could, in time, become a serious threat to the likes of Teena Marie and Janet Jackson. She was, to all intents and purposes, quite a surprising addition to the Motown family because prior to this, very little had been heard about the nineteen year old singer.

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Con Funk Shun WITH their new album "Burning Love" already proving very 1 popular on import, it would I seem Con Funk Shun have joined the ever-increasing ranks of veteran R&B/funk bands who are really coming to | grips with the new music | technology while at the same time retaining the original qualities that established their status in the first place.

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Here are some Liners from October '87 from the B&S Magazine. 

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b_275_275_16777215_00_images_stories_clubnouveau.jpg " WHEN Club Nouveau first hit the scene at the end of last year, the pundits were quick to dub them copycats of the Timex Social Club, whose "Rumors" hit was one of last summer's biggest and perhaps most unexpected. So, let's put the record straight here and now by pointing out that Club's leader, Jay King, was in fact the man behind Timex Social Club and "Rumors". However, as soon as "Rumors" made its staggering climb to the top, Timex fell apart ? literally! In fact, at the time of this writing, I'm not even sure if the group actually exists any longer.

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Alexander O'Neal Alexander O' Neal is undoubtedly one of our music's "Mr Nice Guy" contenders ? a man of enormous talent but whose feet remain firmly planted on the ground.
While stardom may have its attractions, Alexander is more concerned with being a good father to his children and bringing them up to fully exploit whatever talents they might possess but, at the same time, temper any resultant success with all due humility.

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Let's go back to October 1986 to see what's happening in the music business those days. These Liners are from a populair magazine from the UK.

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aurra.jpg You may be forgiven if you think 'Deja' has a sort of familiar ring. The name may be new, but the duo boast a partnership spanning more than ten years. And though the name alludes to something we've seen before, Curt Jones and Starleanna Young are looking forward to the future, not back to the past. Dropping the name Aurra is a positive move to exorcise ghosts from the past, and start afresh with a whole new sound.

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b_275_275_16777215_00_images_stories_geraldlevert.JPG It's already almost a year ago that Gerald Levert died. For me he was the greatest male soul singer, producer of the ninetees till 2006. In the soul and funk music archive I found an interview from B&S with Gerald from 1994.  In that year he released his album Groove on.

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