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Monday, November 16, 2020

NPR Music Michael Kiwanuka: Tiny Desk [Home] Concert

Michael Samuel Kiwanuka [born 3 May 1987] is a British singer-songwriter and record producer who is signed with Polydor Records. His 2012 debut album, Home Again, went gold in the United Kingdom and his second album, Love & Hate, debuted in 2016 at number one. He has been nominated for numerous honours, including the Brit Awards, MTV Europe Music Awards, and BBC Music Awards. In January 2012, he won the BBC's Sound of 2012, and in September 2020, he won the Mercury Prize.

Courtesy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhKMsubj3bg&t=660s

Friday, November 6, 2020

NPR Music Tiana Major9: Tiny Desk [Home] Concert [Live November 6, 2020 London, England]

Ascending R&B talent Tiana Major9 welcomes us into her South London home with a band she assembled for her Tiny Desk [home] concert. Tiana gained the music world’s attention in August when Adele took to Instagram to call the song “Same Space?” “absolutely stunning!!” [The post was liked more than 430,000 times.] I was lucky enough to witness a private Tiana showcase in Los Angeles several months earlier, where I was moved by the refined nature of her voice. She begins her Tiny Desk with an ending of sorts: the devastating “Collide,” written for the final sequence of Lena Waithe’s critically acclaimed film Queen & Slim. Later, she shows off her range and timbre on “Think About You,” a stunning love song that infuses elements of jazz, alternative R&B and her Jamaican roots. The sweetness in its refrain “I need more hours in the day … just to think about you” feels like a blueprint for how to spend the third wave of quarantine. --- Courtesy: Abby O'Neill NPR Music

Sunday, August 28, 2016

JOE COCKER: Fire It Up Live

[Tracklist]

01. I Come In Peace 02. Feelin' Alright [00:04:44] 03. The Letter [00:09:27] 04. When The Night Comes [00:15:14] 05. You Love Me Back [00:20:34] 06. I'll Be Your Doctor [00:24:50] 07. Up Where We Belong [00:28:33] 08. Come Together [00:34:45] 09. Eye On The Prize [00:40:49] 10. You Don't Need A Million Dollars [00:46:00] 11. You Are So Beautiful [00:50:40] 12. Younger [00:54:56] 13. Fire It Up [00:59:15] 14. N'oubliez Jamais [1:03:44] 15. You Can Leave Your Hat On [1:10:27] 16. Unchain My Heart [1:15:15] 17. With A Little Help From My Friends [1:21:38] 18. Summer In The City [1:33:36] 19. Hard Knocks [1:38:35] 20. Cry Me A River [1:42:33] 21. You Don't Know What You're Doing To Me [1:48:02]

Personnel: Joe Cocker - vocals Nick Milo - keyboards Jack Bruno - drums Gene Black - guitar Oneida James-Rebeccu - bass Herman Jackson - Hammond B3 Norberto Fimpel - sax, percussion Nichelle Tillman, Laura Jane Jones - background vocals

Tuesday, June 21, 2016

Sade [Biography]

Sade, OBE (born Helen Folasade Adu), Nigerian-born British singer-songwriter, composer, & record producer. Her classic hits include You Love Is King, Smooth Operator, The Sweetest Taboo, Is It a Crime, Love Is Stronger Than Pride, Paradise, No Ordinary Love, By Your Side, Soldier of Love & others. She is the most successful solo female artist in British history, selling 110M+ albums worldwide. She received an OBE for services to music, and dedicated her award to "all Black women in England".