| Vesta Williams, known by her hits 'Once Bitten Twice Shy' and 'Don't Blow A Good Thing', is no longer with us. She passed away. Thursday, September 22nd., 2011 in her Los Angeles hotel room at a very young age. The police believed she died by a possible drug overdose. She started as backup singer for artist like Sting, Gladys Knight, Chaka Khan and Anita Baker. In 1986 she released her solo debut album Vesta on A&M records. A masterpiece with collaboration of well known artists like Patrice Rushen, Natahan East, Gene Page, Charles Fearing and Bryan Loren. |
| James Brown’s favorite singer and the inspiration for generations of musicians, Little Willie John was the unjustly forgotten singer whose deep blues, rollicking rock ‘n’ roll, and swinging ballads formed the basis for what we know as soul music. Written by esteemed music journalist Susan Whitall and with a foreword by Stevie Wonder, the singer receives his due in the first-ever official biography based on his fast life and strange death, FEVER |
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This month FunkTownGrooves.com will giveaway free CDs. To win one of these CDs you must answer this question: In which two countries is FunkyTownGrooves based? Send the solution and the name of the CD of your choice and your postal address to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. FunkyTownGrooves will pick at random five winners. Next week we announce the winners on soulandfunkmusic.com. You can win a CD from the following list: Bloodstone - Party / Blue Magic - Welcome Back / Skyy - From The Left Side / First Circle - Boys Night Out / Fonzi Thornton - Pumpin' / Tease - Tease / JM Silk - Hold On To Your Dream / James "DTrain" Williams - In Your Eyes / James "DTrain" Williams - Miracles Of The Heart The winners of Last week are: Robert ten Brink from the Netherlands (First Circle - Boys Nights Out) Thomas del Pozo from Canada (Syreeta - Set My Love In Motion)
This contest has already ended on 12/20/2011
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| {safm}Gene McFadden{/safm} was diagnosed with liver and lung cancer in 2004 and died at his home in the Mount Airy, Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on the 27th January 2006 of cancer. |
Soulandfunkmusic.com teamed up with Back To The Old School and from now on we provide together a solid web-stream to you. We play a lot of vinyl grooves to get you in the mood. Fine grooves on vinyl like: T-Connection, Melba Moore, Kashif, Dazz Band, Lillo Thomas, SOS Band, Change, Luther and many more.
And... there’s more to come in the near future. So Stay tuned, stay with us.
Isley Brother and R&B legend Ronald is gettin' ready to release an brand new album on EOne music. Hereby a sneak preview of one of the album singles 'Dinner and a Movie'.
Hereby two promotional clips of Lamar Thomas brand new singles 'Dry Water Wet Tears' and 'Someone (Lay it Down)'. These singles are taken from his forthcoming album. Please check this out press readmore to view the clip on youtube
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soul legend checked himself into an undisclosed Memphis hospital on
Tuesday to be treated for exhaustion, according to published reports. |