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Naarden, 7 juli 2005

“The Luther Vandross Memorial Special” in de SoulShow

Aankomende zaterdag 9 juli is er een Luther Vandross special in de Soulshow op Radio Veronica. Ferry Maat laat je tussen 18:00 en 20:00 uur nummers horen uit het hele oeuvre van deze karakteristieke soulzanger/ songwriter/ producer die vorige week vrijdag op 54 jarige leeftijd overleed.

De in New York City geboren Luther Ronzoni Vandross verkocht wereldwijd meer dan 30 miljoen platen, won maar liefst 8 Grammy Awards en kreeg talloze onderscheidingen zoals de Soul Train- en American Music Award. Zijn carrière startte in 1972 toen hij een liedje schreef voor de Broadway musical ‘The Wizzard of Oz’; dat was het nummer ‘Everybody Rejoice’ later omgedoopt tot ‘A Brandnew Day’ en natuurlijk beroemd geworden in de uitvoering van onder anderen Diana Ross en Michael Jackson. Zijn doorbraak als zanger beleefde hij vreemd genoeg in het achtergrondkoortje van David Bowie. Al snel werd hij een veelgevraagd achtergrondzanger en arrangeur en werkte hij voor toppers als Bette Midler en Barbra Streisand. Luther verdiende verder zijn geld met het zingen van commercials en hij was één van de meest gevraagde jinglezangers van die tijd. Zijn debuut solo-album ‘Never Too Much’ bereikte in 1981 onmiddellijk de top van de R&B charts en verkocht meer dan één miljoen exemplaren. Luther schreef en produceerde platen voor talloze artiesten waaronder zijn drie grootste jeugdidolen: Diana Ross, Dionne Warwick en Aretha Franklin. Met Aretha maakte hij zelfs twee albums.

Ferry Maat is met zijn radioprogramma 'Soulshow' iedere zaterdag van 18:00 - 20.00 te beluisteren bij Radio Veronica. Radio Veronica is met de beste 80's & 90's hits in heel Nederland via de ether en kabel te ontvangen.

Radio Veronica is onderdeel van de Sky Radio Group.

Stokley Williams

New York, NY June 10, 2013One of the industry’s more interesting qualities is its uncanny ability to produce those few innovative producer/musician/songwriter collaborations that bring a unique “something special” to whatever music project they are working on. They have an unequaled degree of persona, innovative ideas, and represent a certain unexplained vision of life and music that the masses can identify with. Not complacent with just being the front man for multi-platinum R&B Supergroup Mint Condition, Stokley Williams, known as Stokley, is adding a new chapter to his career as a Producer and this music wunderkind’s goal is to bring “the musicality back to music”.

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b_275_275_16777215_00_images_stories_ftg_1356083386.jpgFunkytowngrooves wishes you a HAPPY XMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR. They have HUGE 40% XMAS DISCOUNT Over 100 Titles, Inc Upcoming Preorders & Recent Arrivals a Perfect opportunity to add any missing FTG titles to your collection. The Sale will run until 31st December 2012. Grab your chance here.

Funky Town Grooves

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

 

FUNKY TOWN GROOVES
 Dave Karl - I Don't Play those Games This week I've had contact with Dave Karl who wrote, produced the track "I don't play those games" back in 1985 on the UK label Logic Records. He told me a nice story about the making of that record.
Dave Karl

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Soulfinger Singer Jayanti I want to introduce to you the soulful sounds of Jayanti, an independent singer-songwriter from Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

Jayanti was 1 of 4 fresh faces of July on YouTube’s Music Tuesdays channel.  Along with this feature on YouTube’s home page, Jayanti’s no-budget video “Girl from Mars” earned over 200,000 views!
In addition, I also wanted to share with you Jayanti’s beautiful rendition of “Inside My Love” - a tribute to songbird Minnie Riperton? More info can be found on Bandcamp and www.jayanti.me. Jayanti’s single “Girl from Mars” is now available for purchase on iTunes.

I introduced a new structure for listing the albums and 12inches. You can now better view per period which albums an artist has recorded. Period 1980-1989 is the default, because these years are Black Music DB speciality. If you want see the albums/12inches of an other period you can click the appropriate years. The default album sorting order is by year (descending).

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Freddie Jackson Release New Album Personal Reflections  After releasing nine albums from 1985 till 2004 Freddie Jackson is back with his new album Personal Reflections. This album consist of ten 'old school' tracks. One of them is "Back Together Again" a duet with Meli'sa Morgan. For a complete interview see this link http://www.thabiz.com/freddiejacksoninterview.htm.

 The Main IngredientTwo brand new re-issues of 70s and 80s albums are available on CD. One CD with two classic albums of The Main Ingredient featuring Cuba Gooding, the 'Shame on The World' from 1975 and 'I Only Have Eyes For you' from 81. As bonus track 'Spoiled' from 1980. And of course the track 'Party People'.
 The Emotions The other re-issue is the 1984 album Sincerely by the The Emotions. The girl group who where also responsable for many Earth Wind And Fire hits. For the freaks some bonus tracks are available of the tune 'You're the best'.

Both re-issues are available on expansionrecords.com
Funk University Bootsie Collins

Funk's most recognizable bassist Bootsy Collins unveils plans for the world's first Funk University where he will serve as Professor Los Angeles, CA -- It began with a simple message on Bootsy Collins' twitter page to his more than 400,000 followers, which simply read "If You Build It, They Will Funk." Fans had no idea he was referring to the upcoming debut of Bootsy's Funk University, an online bass school for players around the planet to study under his direction.

Bootsy’s Funk University begins its first semester on July 1, 2010 with enrollment based on a first come, first serve basis. Currently, interested players are encouraged to sign-up for exclusive information at www.thefunkuniversity.com. Registration for enrollment is set to begin in April for the summer launch.

 

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