Between the Beats

It has finally been released, the debut album A Strange Arrangement by US-soulmusic-sensation Mayer Hawthorne. The white wunderkind from suburban Detroit/Michigan is presenting an album full of unbelievably superb soul music, in fine tradition of Isaac Hayes, Leroy Hutson and Curtis Mayfield. Exactly these artists plus Smokey Robinson and Lamont Dozier were named by [...]

Tags: Detroit, Isaac Hayes, Madlib, Mayer Hawthorne, Soul, Stones Throw

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The legendary  “Soul Train” was especially in the 1970ies one of the most popular shows on television for outweighing African American people. For more than 35 years and at least 1000 episodes, “Soul Train” had them all: James Brown, The Jackson 5, Marvin Gaye, Al Green or Aretha Franklin, to name just a few, they [...]

Tags: Al Green, Aretha Franklin, Don Cornelius, Jackson 5, James Brown, Marvin Gaye, Soul, Soul Train

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