Over the course of four years and three albums, Atlanta singer-songwriter Summer Walker has developed an incredible talent for detailing the messy epiphanies of Black romance. The 27-year-old artist writes like a student of the late Betty Wright, Mary J. Blige, and K. Michelle, women who describe love with as much vigor as they do the fights and misunderstandings that tear two people apart. It came as a surprise, then, that Walker announced on one of her social media accounts prior to the release of her Clear 2: Soft Life,...
- 5/23/2023
- by Mosi Reeves
- Rollingstone.com
Latto is channeling her “Big Energy” and taking aim at gender roles and sexism with her powerful new single, “Pussy.”
The defiant track, accompanied by a subversive image of a woman with her legs spread in front of a building resembling the White House, directly calls out the various types of men — politicians, abusive boyfriends, raging misogynists, incels — who attempt to control female sexuality and womanhood. It’s an aptly timed release for the rising rapper, as women across America are losing the ability to make choices about their own...
The defiant track, accompanied by a subversive image of a woman with her legs spread in front of a building resembling the White House, directly calls out the various types of men — politicians, abusive boyfriends, raging misogynists, incels — who attempt to control female sexuality and womanhood. It’s an aptly timed release for the rising rapper, as women across America are losing the ability to make choices about their own...
- 7/15/2022
- by Kat Bouza
- Rollingstone.com
Who’s performing on “American Song Contest” tonight? The May 9, 2022 finale lineup notably includes Grammy winner Michael Bolton, plus “ASC” national jury selections Allen Stone and Tyler Braden. Scroll down to meet all 10 participants that will take the stage during the Grand Finals round on Monday night. The ultimate winner, as voted on by America, will earn the title of Best Original Song. As always, Kelly Clarkson and Snoop Dogg serve as hosts and executive producers.
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Alabama: Ni/Co singing “The Difference”
Ni/Co is a duo made up of Dani Brillhart and Colton Jones. They began gaining popularity in 2019 from their YouTube videos, which have accumulated more than 40 million views. The pop duo has had their music featured on various networks, including the CW, VH1, NBC, BET, TNT, Starz and Freeform. Their...
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Alabama: Ni/Co singing “The Difference”
Ni/Co is a duo made up of Dani Brillhart and Colton Jones. They began gaining popularity in 2019 from their YouTube videos, which have accumulated more than 40 million views. The pop duo has had their music featured on various networks, including the CW, VH1, NBC, BET, TNT, Starz and Freeform. Their...
- 5/9/2022
- by Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
Who’s performing on “American Song Contest” tonight? The May 2, 2022 lineup notably includes Tennessee’s Tyler Braden, the last of the five national jury selections; the other four took the stage last week. There’s also Michael Bolton, a two-time Grammy winner for “How Am I Supposed To Live Without You” and “When A Man Loves A Woman.” Scroll down to meet all 11 participants that will take the stage during the Semi-Finals 2 round on Monday night. The five contestants from this group who receive enough votes from the national jury and the at-home viewers will advance to the Grand Final on May 9. As always, Kelly Clarkson and Snoop Dogg serve as hosts and executive producers.
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American Samoa’s Tenelle singing “Full Circle”
Tenelle Luafalemana has been described by many as “a breath of fresh air.
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Tenelle Luafalemana has been described by many as “a breath of fresh air.
- 5/2/2022
- by Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
Who’s performing on “American Song Contest” tonight? The April 18, 2022 lineup includes California girl group Sweet Taboo and Idaho folk singer Andrew Sheppard. Scroll down to meet all 11 participants that will take the stage during the Qualifiers 5 round on Monday night. The four contestants from this group who receive enough votes from the national jury and the at-home viewers will advance to the all-important Semi-Finals. As always, Kelly Clarkson and Snoop Dogg serve as hosts and executive producers.
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American Samoa: Tenelle Luafalemana has been described by many as “a breath of fresh air.” Tenelle isn’t exactly sure when her love for singing first started, but suggests that growing up with a big family, where talent shows are more competitive than the “X-Factor” itself, may have well done it. Tenelle describes her home...
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American Samoa: Tenelle Luafalemana has been described by many as “a breath of fresh air.” Tenelle isn’t exactly sure when her love for singing first started, but suggests that growing up with a big family, where talent shows are more competitive than the “X-Factor” itself, may have well done it. Tenelle describes her home...
- 4/18/2022
- by Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
The Recording Academy knows when to hold ’em, where it’s fun to stay and that there’s a choice we’re making. Kenny Rogers’ “The Gambler,” Village People’s “Y.M.C.A.” and USA for Africa’s benefit single “We Are the World” are among the 29 songs and albums added to the Grammy Hall of Fame today.
Also making the cut are seven debut LPs: Bruce Springsteen’s Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J., Pearl Jam’s Ten, Patti Smith’s Horses, Beastie Boys’ Licensed to Ill — the first rap disc to top Billboard 200 album chart — the Cars’ eponymous disc, John Mayall with Eric Clapton’s Blues Breakers and Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble’s Texas Flood.
The Gammy Hall now includes 1,142 recordings. See this year’s full list below.
“We are proud to announce this year’s diverse roster of Grammy Hall of Fame inductees and...
Also making the cut are seven debut LPs: Bruce Springsteen’s Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J., Pearl Jam’s Ten, Patti Smith’s Horses, Beastie Boys’ Licensed to Ill — the first rap disc to top Billboard 200 album chart — the Cars’ eponymous disc, John Mayall with Eric Clapton’s Blues Breakers and Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble’s Texas Flood.
The Gammy Hall now includes 1,142 recordings. See this year’s full list below.
“We are proud to announce this year’s diverse roster of Grammy Hall of Fame inductees and...
- 12/21/2020
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Soul singer Betty Wright has died of cancer at her home at 66. Wright is best known for hits including “Tonight Is The Night” from 1974 and “Clean Up Woman” from 1972, which was sampled by Mary J. Blige in her “Real Love” remix. Wright had been diagnosed with endometrial cancer in the fall, president […]
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- 5/13/2020
- by Marie Fiero
- Uinterview
Betty Wright, the R&b and soul singer behind the hits “Clean Up Woman,” “Tonight Is the Night” and “Girls Can’t Do What the Guys Do,” has died at the age of 66.
Wright’s family confirmed to Essence that the singer died Sunday, with Billboard adding that Wright died from cancer in her native Miami. On May 2nd, Chaka Khan tweeted that Wright was “in need of all your [prayers].”
After growing up in a gospel-singing family, Wright released her first solo album — 1967’s My First Time Around — when she was just 14 years old,...
Wright’s family confirmed to Essence that the singer died Sunday, with Billboard adding that Wright died from cancer in her native Miami. On May 2nd, Chaka Khan tweeted that Wright was “in need of all your [prayers].”
After growing up in a gospel-singing family, Wright released her first solo album — 1967’s My First Time Around — when she was just 14 years old,...
- 5/10/2020
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Betty Wright, an influential singer whose soulful voice won her a Grammy Award for Where Is The Love, has died at age 66. No cause of death was revealed by her niece, who confirmed her death.
Beyond performing, Wright operated her own record label, Mrs. B Records, and her own publishing company, Miami Spice.
Born Bessie Regina Norris in Miami, Florida, in December 1953, Wright began singing gospel music. She was 18 years old when she first hit the charts with the 1971 song Clean Up Woman, which became her signature song. She later recorded the chart hits No Pain (No Gain) and Mother Wit, achieving a gold record for the latter on her own label.
Singer Chaka Khan had asked for prayers for Wright earlier this month. Wright was still an influence, being referenced as late as March in the TV show Unsung by DJ Khaled and Lil Wayne for her song, Tonight Is the Tonight.
Beyond performing, Wright operated her own record label, Mrs. B Records, and her own publishing company, Miami Spice.
Born Bessie Regina Norris in Miami, Florida, in December 1953, Wright began singing gospel music. She was 18 years old when she first hit the charts with the 1971 song Clean Up Woman, which became her signature song. She later recorded the chart hits No Pain (No Gain) and Mother Wit, achieving a gold record for the latter on her own label.
Singer Chaka Khan had asked for prayers for Wright earlier this month. Wright was still an influence, being referenced as late as March in the TV show Unsung by DJ Khaled and Lil Wayne for her song, Tonight Is the Tonight.
- 5/10/2020
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Sadly, another music legend has passed away. Just one day ago, the world of music lost Little Richard and Andre Harrell. On Sunday, multiple outlets reported that soul singer Betty Wright died. She was 66 years old. At this time, it's unknown what caused the legendary songstress' death. However, Chaka Khan hinted that something was wrong with Wright earlier this month. "Calling all my #PrayWarriors | My beloved sister, Betty Wright @MsBettyWright, is now in need of all your prays," Khan shared on Twitter on May 2. Wright is best known for her popular R&b hits like "Tonight Is the Night," "No Pain, (No Gain),"...
- 5/10/2020
- E! Online
So, How Was Your Decade is a series in which the decade’s most innovative musicians answer our questionnaire about the people, places and things that shaped their decade. We’ll be rolling these pieces out throughout December.
Few artists can truly stake a claim to the James Brown Honorary “Hardest Working Person in Show Business” Title, but Questlove is certainly a contender. At the top of his docket, of course, remains the Roots, with whom he released four studio albums in the 2010s, plus three collaborative LPs with John Legend,...
Few artists can truly stake a claim to the James Brown Honorary “Hardest Working Person in Show Business” Title, but Questlove is certainly a contender. At the top of his docket, of course, remains the Roots, with whom he released four studio albums in the 2010s, plus three collaborative LPs with John Legend,...
- 12/6/2019
- by Rolling Stone
- Rollingstone.com
On March 10, Betty Wright — a successful singer, background vocalist, composer and producer with five decades of experience — watched the long-running soul group the O’Jays take the stage in Miami for a set at Jazz in the Gardens Music Fest.
“People come from all over the world for that concert, and those women were going crazy,” Wright recalls. “I was sitting on the stage laughing through the whole show. Girls, older women, they were all there screaming together. I was saying, ‘these boys still have it!'”
“The people keep asking for more,...
“People come from all over the world for that concert, and those women were going crazy,” Wright recalls. “I was sitting on the stage laughing through the whole show. Girls, older women, they were all there screaming together. I was saying, ‘these boys still have it!'”
“The people keep asking for more,...
- 4/22/2019
- by Elias Leight
- Rollingstone.com
The O’Jays rekindle the spirit — and the sumptuous sound — of Philadelphia soul in the Seventies on new single “I Got You.” The song will appear on The Last Word, which the group says will be their final LP.
“I Got You” offers a message of reassurance in a time of political tumult: “Even if the sky begins to fall, and even if they try to build that wall, and even if the bomb goes off and the world is set on fire, I got your back.” “It’s almost gospel,...
“I Got You” offers a message of reassurance in a time of political tumult: “Even if the sky begins to fall, and even if they try to build that wall, and even if the bomb goes off and the world is set on fire, I got your back.” “It’s almost gospel,...
- 2/7/2019
- by Elias Leight
- Rollingstone.com
Clarence Reid, the singer turned rapping parodist who had a hand in hip-hop's evolution as the genre's weird, foul-mouthed uncle, died Sunday, according to updates across his social-media accounts. The 76-year-old was last week admitted to hospice care because he suffered from terminal liver cancer and multiple organ failure. "Clarence Reid, the genius known both by his given name and as Blowfly, the Master of Class, passed peacefully today, January 17th, in his hospice room," read a Facebook status written by one of his longtime collaborators. "Thank you for supporting Clarence's 50 + year music career — especially these last few years." Reid's musical career began in the ’60s as an R&B singer-producer-songwriter, building a body of his own work and penning hits for other artists such as Betty Wright, Kc and the Sunshine Band, and Gwen McCrae. It wouldn't be until the ’70s that Reid unveiled his vulgar alter...
- 1/18/2016
- by Sean Fitz-Gerald
- Vulture
Depraved convicts ! Crazy Manhattan gin parties! Society dames poaching other women's husbands! A flimflam artist scamming the uptown sophisticates! All these forbidden attractions are here and more -- including Bette Davis's epochal seduction line about impulsive kissing versus good hair care. It's a 9th collection of racy pre-Code wonders. Forbidden Hollywood Volume 9 Big City Blues, Hell's Highway, The Cabin in the Cotton, When Ladies Meet, I Sell Anything DVD-r The Warner Archive Collection 1932-1934 / B&W / 1:37 flat Academy / 63, 62, 78, 85, 70 min. / Street Date October 27, 2015 / available through the WBshop / 40.99 Starring Joan Blondell, Eric Linden, Humphrey Bogart; Richard Dix, Tom Brown; Richard Barthelmess, Bette Davis, Dorothy Jordan, Berton Churchill; Ann Harding, Robert Montgomery, Myrna Loy, Alice Brady, Frank Morgan; Pat O' Brien, Ann Dvorak, Claire Dodd, Roscoe Karns. Cinematography James Van Trees; Edward Cronjager; Barney McGill; Ray June Written by Lillie Hayward, Ward Morehouse, from his play; Samuel Ornitz, Robert Tasker, Rowland Brown...
- 11/24/2015
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Recently, CBS served up the new, official synopsis/spoilers for their upcoming "Criminal Minds" episode 12 of season 10. The episode is entitled, "Anonymous," and it turns out that we're going to see the Bau team hit up Tallahassee to hunt down a very strange serial killer that alerts the police everytime he's about to kill somebody, and more! In the new, 12th episode press release: The Bau is going to search Tallahassee for an unsub who alerts the authorities before committing crimes. Press release number 2: The Bau will search Tallahassee for a serial killer who calls the authorities to report the crimes prior to committing murder. Also, as Rossi prepares for a weekend visit with his daughter, Joy, he is going to receive startling news about the death of a comrade in Vietnam. Guest stars feature: Ray Abruzzo (Frank Cosgrove), Shirley Butler (Betty Wright), Sewell Whitney (Peter Goodwin), Amber Stevens...
- 1/14/2015
- by Chris
- OnTheFlix
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
It is a rare thing when two things you love from two different worlds come together, it does not happen often and can lead to great anticipation. Anticipation was what I felt when I first heard that Elvis Costello was going to be working on an album with Philadelphia’s The Roots crew. Anticipation for what could be an amazing album from two acts who have the capability to produce incredible music but there is also the chance that this album could lead to something best forgotten.
Although as surprised as I was when I first heard of this collaboration it immediately made sense; Elvis certainly has a soulful sound within him and we know The Roots are no strangers to Rock and Roll (remember the Seed 2.0 from 2002 for example). The album is released on September the 17th on the legendary Jazz label Blue Note. The...
It is a rare thing when two things you love from two different worlds come together, it does not happen often and can lead to great anticipation. Anticipation was what I felt when I first heard that Elvis Costello was going to be working on an album with Philadelphia’s The Roots crew. Anticipation for what could be an amazing album from two acts who have the capability to produce incredible music but there is also the chance that this album could lead to something best forgotten.
Although as surprised as I was when I first heard of this collaboration it immediately made sense; Elvis certainly has a soulful sound within him and we know The Roots are no strangers to Rock and Roll (remember the Seed 2.0 from 2002 for example). The album is released on September the 17th on the legendary Jazz label Blue Note. The...
- 9/12/2013
- by Scott Ronan
- Obsessed with Film
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