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...Sampha: Lahai When Sampha was a child, he used to fall asleep listening to Stevie Wonder....
...Thus Stevie Wonder’s “Bird of Beauty” was initiated by a sax and drum duet before the band eased into a samba....
...Stevie Nicks sings with Albarn on “Oil”, a rhythmically smooth but melodically dull electronic rocker....
...But jazz never stands still, and fiery solos infused with the new funky rhythms of R&B were not only popular at the time but helped the music evolve....
...Its ragged mix of country-blues, R&B and Memphis soul had a lukewarm reception when it came out, but it is now recognised as their masterpiece....
...Black British Artist Grant, an annual programme giving a leg up to figures within the arts and addressing diversity and visibility across the creative sector. a-cold-wall.com; community.samuel-ross.com B...
...The Penguin Classics edition of which 1748 novel by Samuel Richardson runs to more than 1,500 pages? Who was England’s first female monarch? Click here for the answers...
...I lay there in that curious coffin, smelling the soft smells of beeswax and warm wood, thinking what a long way we’ve come since those mean old farmhouse B&Bs....
...The Houston-raised, Los Angeles-based pianist describes himself a “musical mutt” whose work is centred on jazz but also draws on R&B, soul, rock and hip-hop....
...the past few years, you might have noticed headlines about musicians selling their life’s work for eye-popping sums of money: Neil Diamond, Neil Young, Sting, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Paul Simon, Stevie...
...Warner, the record label behind Dua Lipa and Cardi B, in December raised $535m in debt to support acquisitions....
...But this figure still puts him on par with acts such as Stevie Nicks and The xx....
...“Dreams” was streamed more than 230m times in the fortnight after its TikTok renaissance, a 40-year-old hit becoming the sixth most popular song on Spotify, wedged between new tracks by Drake and Cardi B....
...Platinum-selling singer Aloe Blacc, 41, draws on influences from salsa, merengue and cumbia in his fusion of soul, folk, R&B and pop....
...As recently as 15 years ago, the Andalucían coastal city was something of a B-list destination, an unreconstructed harbour town with little to recommend beyond its situation on a sweeping Mediterranean bay...
...Letters in response to this article: ‘European’ Pushkin who branded Poles arrogant / From Jan B Deregowski, University of Aberdeen, UK Kipling’s ‘If’ is a compelling poem for our times / From Arlette Laurent...
...Richardson stayed in touch with Maar into old age....
...As the event unfolded, Johnson’s vocal R&B alternated with TrueMendous’s whiplash rhymes, instrumental breaks simmered and boiled and grooves ranged through hip-hop, jazz and deep house....
...Nearly 300 years on, a modern reader of the book is struck by the almost ridiculous implausibility of “Mr B”’s inconsistencies and switchbacks of attitude and conduct, and to an only slightly lesser extent...
...There are six new songs among the 14 tracks, going from innocuous 1960s soul pastiche (“Bring Me Love”) to exuberant retro-R&B (“Merry Merry Christmas”)....
...Technology Henri Murison Director, Northern Powerhouse Partnership Mark Allan CEO, St Modwen Properties plc Graham Hale Chief Executive, Go Plant Fleet Services Limited Jeremy Woolridge Chairman, B.E.Wedge...
...A gay black Briton, Hynes has found this space in New York where he has settled into his Blood Orange guise, making beguiling soul, rock and R&B with shades of Stevie Wonder and Prince....
...The B-side “17 Days” is given an interestingly jazzy slant but suffers from hissy recording quality....
...“Spaceships” has good-natured “hey ho” chants and a Stevie Wonder-style harmonica solo. The reminiscing is framed by memories of a love affair....
...Opening track “Car Vibe” builds orchestral textures on a gritty riff, “B Side” is cannily structured R&B while “The Guts” delivers streetwise hip-hop....
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