Monthly Archives: March 2011
Amp Fiddler
06th Mar 2011
To many Amp Fiddler would be one of the latest musical innovators coming out of Detroit alongside luminaries such as Jaydee, Carl Craig and Dwele. In fact he is one of the pioneers from the D. with a musical career spanning 20years. It began in 1983 when Amp replaced Bernie Worrell in the George Clinton’s
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Alice Smith
Alice Smith is a NYC-based chanteuse, with a 4-octave vocal range with a style that that evokes influences from a broad spectrum of artists such as, Patti Labelle, Nina Simone, Tina Turner, Barbara Streisand and Billie Holiday. Raised between Washington DC and her grandmother’s farm in Augusta Georgia, Alice now lives in New York City.
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Alice Russell
Alice Russell is hugely in demand as a vocalist and is renowned for her performances with Bah Samba, TM Juke, Kushti and as the front woman of The Quantic Soul Orchestra. Her style is a predominantly bluesy, soul lament but encompasses everything from funk to gospel to jazz and beyond. Her debut offering ‘Under The
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Tagged Alice Russell, funk, Mark Ronson, Quantic Soul Orchestra, soul
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A Tribe Called Quest
Without question the most intelligent, artistic rap group during the 1990s, A Tribe Called Quest was formed in 1988, though both Q-Tip (b. Jonathan Davis) and Phife (b. Malik Taylor) had grown up together in Queens. Q-Tip met DJ Ali Shaheed Muhammad while at high school and, after being named by the Jungle Brothers, the
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Tagged A Tribe Called Quest, de la soul, Hip-Hop, J-Dilla, q-tip, The Roots
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