Welcome to Women’s History Month, 2022! In the general hysteria of the moment I thought we could use some smooth, sassy, jazzy ladies of the transition period from Jazz, Blues into Soul from the mid 50’s into the mid 60’s to calm our nerves. The interesting thing to note is although the bulk of these…
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Listening with Larsupreme: Episode 24 – Ev’rybody Loves Leos July 31, 2021
Hey Lovelies, welcome to the long dog days of summer ruled by cats! HA! It’s Leo Season. The Fifth Sign of the Zodiac is known for theatrical personalities and we have a bevy of soulful celebrities giving us just under 90 minutes of luscious love, longing and liberation for this episode. Maxine Brown, Brenton Wood,…
Monday Moxie – Top 10 Throwbacks week of February 8, 2021
We’re coming into 2021 with a quickie playlist and some grabs of mini-blog entries from the old Tumblr Blog bought to you. It’s Black History Month, so we’re gonna soul you up with some Soul Sirens you need a history lesson on. 1) Mable John “It’s Catching” (Stax 192-B, 1966)With enough strut to carry herself,…
The Classy Concoctions of Clyde Otis
There’s many names that easily get buried as time passes and history becomes more dense. In the music industry there’s many pillars that held it up. Musicians from prominent drummers, pianists and saxophonists worth noting their shining work on records. Of course there’s our favorite singers. We don’t do much with the legacy of prolific…
To The Lady In The Spotlight – A Midsummer’s Nightingale Playlist
There’s a long tradition in vocal stylings in which people aspire to being as great in a field as their predecessors. Notably, years of women that birth’d Jazz loved those Blues and Gospel singers that gave them the extra edge over some people that weren’t exactly naturals to the style. Some of those Jazz singers…
The First Real McCoy: A Small Sampling of Songs Written by Rose Marie McCoy
The talents of many African American women in the arts has long been hidden behind the scenes as history marches on further down the line. One major mover and shaker you may have never heard of is Rose Marie McCoy. Single-handedly she’s one set of hands and one voice that is possibly more responsible for…
Who Needs Abby? 35 Advice Column Tunes Spun From Womanly Wisdom
On a recent Women’s History Month post I denoted that as a Queer CIS Male, from an early age I took most of what I’ve learned about dealing from men from women. One large area where I took that advice from was from music. Therein lies the big root cause why my tastes in vintage music…
Suddenly It’s 1960! 40 Lively Lady Jams From The Heart of The Mid Century
It’s interesting to ponder the world of nearly 60 years ago, especially since we still hold such an era in high regard. 1960 brought us the first glimpse of the Neoliberalist optimism that no longer serves us more than a half century later alongside with such advents like Birth Control & The Flintsones. Music critics look…
Prime Time for ’69: 50 Girl Power Gems from 50 Years Ago
Pardon me, as I deviate and gather around a theme. I don’t think I would have embraced the power of music without the brilliance of contributions of Black Women in particular to American Popular Music. Black people, and women in particular, brought a certain gospel, nothing necessarily about Christianity, but something always aware of reality,…
Season Of The Bliss: An Almost Top Forty Of Swoonful Tunes
People really fucking love Fall. It’s interesting because I commented a few weeks ago to someone that all of the celebration of beauty of this particular season is also a celebration of death. As September folds into Oct to Nov to December vibrant trees and flowers react to the waning sunlight and shorter days in…
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