Spring is here, filled with love amongst the chaos. This Quadruple Taurus season of 2021 begged to be blessed by our earthliest singers of soul. I’m pollinating your ears this particular episode with some of the finest soul, pop, jazz and gospel singers known to you and probably a few unknown too. Sit back for…
Tag: Happy Birthday Francine “Peaches” Barker
Strings And Things Pt.1: 36 Orchestral Soul Gems
I’ve been told by fellow DJs on the soul scene, quite derisively sometimes, that the soul music that I spin is too *sweet.* Not Funky, nitty or gritty, I tend towards pretty melodies, and… frankly, string sections. Violins? Cellos? Upright Bass? Why?!?! As I try to lean back into live DJing in a new town,…
Francine Barker “Don’t You Know Love When You See It” (Columbia 44614, 1968)
Francine Barker “Don’t You Know Love When You See It” (Columbia 44614, 1968) It shouldn’t be surprising that back to back are two birthdays of the two most prominent R&B Duet partners of the late 1960s. And, of course, chances are you know little about their own careers away from their duet partners. Francine Hurd…
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