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'The Electric Company' To Get Shock Of Hip Hop Energy
Twenty-eight years after its premiere on PBS as part of the Childrens' Television Workshop, the beloved The Electric Company will be receiving a makeover of sorts. In an effort to remain contemporary, TEC will have elements of Hip Hop infused...
Happy Birthday, Dizzy Gillespie!
Like many a youth whose childhood does not provide the unconditional love they expect from a parent, in this case his father, John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie took to getting into trouble and often found himself fighting his peers to tame...
Finding Comfort In Sesame Street
It's so hard to say goodbye to yesterday isn't it? It's so hard to see icons that your parents loved and whose love you inherited pass on just as much. For those of you still reeling from the announcement of...
Happy Birthday, John Coltrane
John William Coltrane, or "Trane," as he was better known, is considered one of the leading saxaphonists and composers of his time, in what turned out to be a time cut way too short by liver cancer at the age...
Revisiting Some of Our Favorite Soulful Moments From Black Sitcoms
One thing I miss about Black sitcoms are those episodes where the main cast would just let their hair down and celebrate our music. It was key to the show's cultural fidelity to reference the songs we love--a wink, a...
When 'Hey Love' Was the Party Starter!
Remember back in the day when people used to watch commercials? Yeah, me neither. That's right up there with receiving albums through the mail, and paying for shipping and handling. Ancient, right? Well so is this clip that was sent...
Isaac Hayes: Never Can Say Goodbye
It's happening far too often now. We're losing extraordinary people who have contributed extraordinarily to our lives at too fast a pace. This past weekend, we lost a multi-faceted talent in Isaac Hayes, and more than with any of the...
Stevie Wonder and His Afro Rock Out on Sesame Street
The coolest thing I came across today as I was shaking down the Internet for news is something that isn't news. It's a clip of Stevie Wonder performing "Superstition" on Sesame Street some 35 years ago. It's over six minutes...
Happy Birthday, Gladys Knight
There's a lyric in one of Gladys Knight and the Pips' songs--1973's "The Best Thing That Happened to Me"--that makes me smile each time I hear it. It's the line where Gladys sings about how, even when times were hard,...
Loose Ends: Where Are They Now?
The things we do for our readers.Recently, a SoulBounce visitor emailed us to inquire if we could track down some of our favorite old school soul artists to bring their fans up-to-date. Many artists were mentioned, but it was Loose...
Happy Birthday, Stevie Wonder
How do you say 'happy birthday' to a man who actually wrote a "Happy Birthday" song? How do you put into words the impact he's had on R&B and soul music history? How do you pay all due respect to...
Leon Ware's Influence on Marvin Gaye
Last night on PBS, "Marvin Gaye: What's Going On" aired as part of its American Masters series. The documentary focused on Marvin's life, especially his emergence as a politically conscious soul singer. Gaye, a multi-instrumentalist and composer, often arranged and...
Happy Birthday, Angela Bofill
Today, May 2nd, is the birthday of the diva known to many as Angelita de la Noche (Little Angel of the Night). We know her best as Angela Bofill, the professionally trained Latina soul singer whose powerful, distinctive voice gave...
When Gang Starr Let Everybody Know Their 'Steez'
As you all know by now, we're doing the damn thing, counting down our favorite soul/R&B songs over the next few months. But don't fret. That doesn't mean we've forgotten about the hip-hop that shaped our lives. In fact, over...
Happy Birthday, Marvin
If the definition of soul music is literal in that it comes directly from the soul, then the personification of that music has to be Marvin Pentz Gay, Jr., better known to the world as Marvin Gaye.It's never only...
Rewind: InI
I have been reminiscing about my college years lately, namely the music that provided the soundtrack to my life back then. In those days, I was an unapologetic backpacker, tramping around the sidewalks, attempting to escape to the world within...
'Come On & Go With' Teddy On His Birthday
March 26 is truly a special day. Not only is it Diana Ross' birthday, but someone else's dear to my heart: Teddy Pendergrass. He was my first love. I first saw Teddy P in Dallas with my parents at a concert that...
When Ms. Ross Was Truly The Lady Boss
As you can probably tell, I've been in a nostalgic mood lately, using Women's History Month as my own personal tribute to my R&B lady loves. Well, I'd be remiss if I continued to do these without acknowledging the one...
When 'Crack Logic' Hit You All At Once
This week, in honor of Women's History Month, we've been featuring some of our favorite female artists in flashback videos. There's no way we could end the week without featuring one of the most infamous video clips in the history...
When Mimi Still Had Visions of Love
She's everywhere these days, discussing her lack of self-esteem and her need for a famous partner. So in order to stop my right eye from twitching and remembering how much of a fan I am, today's tribute to Women's...
Before There Was Supersize, There Was 'Make It Big'
Tuesday's Morning Soul comments thread became a Wham! stan confessional of sorts, including your female SoulBounce editors waxing poetic about how Wham! was the best thing at the time since jelly bracelets. So what is it about Wham! that resonates so...
When The Boy Belonged to Miss Thang
All week, in honor of Women's History Month, we've been flashing back to a time when music was a bit more...well, not like this. Sigh. Monday we gave you a rough-around-the-edges Faith Evans as she dropped her first LP. Tuesday,...
When 'Miseducation' Was A Good Thing
If you could get in a "good music time machine" and take things back to when "everything was everything," wouldn't you? If you could rewind to the point when good music was "that thing," nothing would stop you, right? I...
When Faith Was Still A Bad Girl
I must admit, after a successful start to the month of March Diggin' in the Crates, I'd been looking for something else to do in honor of Women's History Month. Well, thanks to SoulBounce's HNIC, I've found my next...
'The Wiz' Turns 30!
Lost in all the hubub surrounding Michael Jackson's 25th anniversary Shriller Thriller project is the fact that another Mijac project is celebrating a huge anniversary in 2008. That's right, the movie that had us believing that New York City...
SoulBounce Salutes The Original 'Body' Rockers
By a show of hands, how many of us remember what we were doing ten years ago today? Yeah, me neither. However, I'm sure that R&B supergroup LSG, a.k.a. Levert/Sweat/Gill, would be able to fondly recall January 17, 1998,...
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