89.3 The Current presents: Caroline Smith at First Avenue – Main room on April 16th. music: https://soundcloud.com/caroline-smith-391338147 with Supporting acts: Harriet Brown: http://soundcloud.com/harriet-brown-1 DJ Set by LIP LAB (Sarah White and Alicia Steele of HIATUS) Music: http://soundcloud.com/sarah-white 18+ SHOW / ID REQUIRED 8:00PM DOORS // 9:00PM SHOWTIME // Get Tickets ($20) here
There are some artists whose music, voice, and sound always impress you, Paula DeAnda is one of those artists to me. I paid homage to DeAnda earlier this year in my Lite Listen #TBT post because I believe Jojo, Asia Cruise, Teena Maria, DeAnda and a few others laid the blueprint for many of the emerging R&B and…
Hey Lovelites, In the new song M.I.A, ProbCause teams up with Saba for the first single off his Drifters album to be released this Friday (8/28). The up-tempo, party starting, romp shaking production on this song was done by Drew Mantia. Each emcee executes their verses flawlessly over this fast paced beat while bringing their unique flows. Saba and The O’My’s will…
Hey Lovelites, The production duo and twin brothers Christian Rich are gearing up for the release of their debut LP, FW14. The album is slated to be released on August 21 (Next Friday), NPR is providing us with a exclusive listen prior the release of the LP. The 13-track LP features contributions from Vince Staples, GoldLink, BIA, JMSN, Goldlink,…
Hey Lovelites! I’m very thrilled to be reviewing Tinashe’s album. I like Tinashe for a lot of reasons, one of them being that her name! I had a really close friend in high school who had a cousin (who was also a friend) named Tinashe. She also loved to sing and dance, but unfortunately she…
Hey Lovelites! Luke James is making his second appearance #onlite and I couldn’t be more excited to talk about his self-titled debut album. Luke made his debut #onlite with his cover of Sam Smith’s song “Stay with me” which also appears on the deluxe version of this album. Check out my first post on Luke here….
Hey Lovelites! Happy #Xthealbum release week. First of all let me start by saying that I couldn’t be more excited about this album. I have had it and been listening to it for almost a week now. S/O to my connect. ;-). I hope by now that it’s evident that I don’t post things in a…
Samuel Frederick Smith.. famously known as Sam Smith. If a Sam Smith song was sung by another artist would it still sound as sweet? Probably not. I learned about the British crooner when I was listening to the Breakfast Club one morning and Charlamagne mentioned that he was one of his favorite artists right now. I followed up on…
Marsha Marsha!!! a.k.a Ms. Ambrosius if you nasty. Yes, if you don’t know Marsha then you have probably being living under a rock.. In fact I’m certain that you have been living under rock because this lady is a force to be reckoned within the music industry. A lite summary of Marsha Ambrosius: She was one half…