(Above: Wiz Khalifa’s “Rolling Papers” did not make TDR’s Top 10 list, but was one of its most-played and -enjoyed albums of 2011. Don’t hate, dance.) By Joel Francis The Daily Record Every music dork with a laptop is publishing their Top 10 list right now, but who else does it in haiku? Enjoy. The [...]
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Top 10 albums of 2011 (in haiku)
Posted in Top 10, tagged ?uestlove, Best of 2011, Big K.R.I.T., Black Keys, Carrie Brownstein, David Comes Alive, El Camino, Fucked Up, garage rock, Hanni el Khatib, hip hop, Jack White, Janet Weiss, Jimmy Kimmel, M83, Mary TImony, music list, Peter Gabriel, Portlandia, punk, Raphael Saadiq, Roots, Sleater-Kinney, Stalley, Summerteeth, Top 10, undun, Wilco, Wild Flag, Wiz Khalifa on December 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Top 10 Concerts of 2009
Posted in Concert review, Top 10, tagged Alice Cooper, Bela Fleck, Jimmy Cobb, Kind of Blue, Lee "Scratch" Perry, Leonard Cohen, Modest Mouse, Raphael Saadiq, Sly and Robbie, Sonny Rollins, Stevie Wonder, the Pogues on December 18, 2009 | 2 Comments »
(Above: Modest Mouse’s concert at the Uptown Theater in March deserves an honorable mention.) By Joel Francis Stevie Wonder, Starlight Theater, June 27 One day after the shocking death of Michael Jackson, Motown legend Stevie Wonder took the stage before a packed Starlight Theater to both grieve and celebrate his old friend. Wonder’s songbook and [...]
Review: Raphael Saadiq
Posted in Concert review, Kansas City Star, tagged Back To Rockville, David Ruffin, Motown, Philly soul, Raphael Saadiq, Temptations, Tony! Toni! Tone! on March 12, 2009 | 1 Comment »
By Joel Francis The Kansas City Star Raphael Saadiq brought nearly 90 minutes of eight-track soul jams into an iPod world Wednesday night at the VooDoo Lounge. Taking the stage in a suit and glasses that echoed Temptation David Ruffin, Saadiq strapped on a white Telecaster as his six-piece band vamped over a groove that [...]
Raphael Saadiq sends a love letter to soul makers and Motown
Posted in band feature, Kansas City Star, Motown, tagged Back To Rockville, Boyz II Men, Funk Brothers, Jay-Z, Marvin Gaye, Motown, neo-soul, Philly soul, Q-Tip, Raphael Saadiq, Smokey Robinson, soul music, Stevie Wonder, The Sound Of Philadelphia, Tony! Toni! Tone! on March 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
(Above: Raphael Saadiq runs the “100 Yard Dash.”) By Joel Francis The Kansas City Star Raphael Saadiq’s latest album, “The Way I See It,” is draped heavily in the sounds of Motown and Philly soul, but don’t call it a tribute album. “Boyz II Men did a tribute; I wrote a bunch of songs,” Saadiq [...]
Top 10 Albums of 2008 (haiku remix)
Posted in Album review, Top 10, tagged 2008 Top 10, A Tribe Called Quest, Brian Eno, David Byrne, Erykah Badu, haiku, Justin Townes Earle, M. Ward, Portishead, Q-Tip, Randy Newman, Raphael Saadiq, She and Him, Steve Earle, TV on the Radio, Willie Nelson, Wynton Marsalis, year in music, Zooey Deschanel on December 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »
By Joel Francis Raphael Saadiq – The Way I See It Classic soul throwback. Avoids tribute clichés by keeping spirit true. TV on the Radio – Dear Science Great band gets better. Bowie-meets-doo-wop epics. Tunes for brain and feet. Wynton Marsalis and Willie Nelson – Two Men with the Blues Disparate worlds? Not so fast. [...]
Raphael Saadiq – “The Way I See It”
Posted in Album review, Motown, tagged Gamble-Huff, Hitsville U.S.A., Holland-Dozier-Holland, Jay-Z, Joss Stone, neo-soul, Raphael Saadiq, Smokey Robinson, soul music, The Sound Of Philadelphia, The Temptations on November 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
By Joel Francis It’s hard to listen to Raphael Saadiq’s new album, “The Way I See It,” without thinking it’s a lost Motown gem. The record blasts off with “Sure Hope You Mean It,” a song that recalls the finer moments of Smokey Robinson and the Miracles. Later, Saadiq channels the Temptations on “Keep Marchin’” [...]
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