Musician and a journalist. Go figure.
Marvin Gaye’s album, What’s Going On, has been called one of the great soul music records of all time. The album was showcased at a 1972 concert at the Kennedy Center in Marvin’s hometown of Washington DC. 40 years later, the Kennedy Center commemorated that live performance, and asked select musicians to re-imagine “What’s Going On” [...]
As part of The Kennedy Center’s honoring of Marvin Gaye, Turnstyle’s Brandon McFarland interviewed John Legend about contemporary soul singers, growing up in the church, and what’s going on now in social-issue driven music.
Marvin Gaye’s album, What’s Going On, has been called one of the great soul music records of all time. The album was showcased at a 1972 concert at the Kennedy Center in Marvin’s hometown of Washington DC. This week, the Kennedy Center is commemorating the 40th anniversary of that live performance, and has asked select musicians to re-imagine “What’s Going On” — and I’m one of those musicians.
Hundreds of fun-loving “Baydestrians” gathered on at 20th and Vermont Streets in San Francisco, California for the 12th annual Bring Your Own Big Wheel Race on Sunday.
Every few years someone becomes the “it producer” for hip-hop and r&b. The Neptunes, Timbaland, Swizz Beats, Scott Storch, Lil Jon, all of these guys have had their time in the sun, as everyone went to them for hits. Diplo might be next in line.
Jai Paul, the mysterious British crooner, had the internet going H.A.M. over his debut single released in 2010. But after a year of no new music, plus another year of hype (and I’m guessing, a fat check) from being sampled by two of pop music’s most famous stars, word was that Jai was just a flash [...]
Chris Brown’s latest series of vlog-style music videos entitled Real Hip Hop Sh*t shows the pop star trying his hand at rapping.There has been a lot of argument among hip hop heads over whether he should stick to singing. But I see more positives to Chris Brown entering into the rap world than negatives: 1. [...]
In the spring of 1972, Marvin Gaye performed his classic album What’s Going On in his hometown of Washington, DC at The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts. In celebration of that special live concert, The Kennedy Center is bringing together artists and musicians that were influenced by Marvin to relive it.
If the apocalypse comes this year, at least I can cross this off of my “things I hoped would happened but never imagined it actually would” list: two of my favorite artists within the last ten years come together after a series of classic collaborations to create a nearly perfect album. Quantic and Alice Russell’s [...]
Public Enemy is arguably the greatest rap group of all time. Their impact on the game goes beyond nearly every rap group’s legacy—except for maybe N.W.A. They’ve inspired nearly every rapper that calls him or herself socially ”conscious”; and they continue to make good music and tour the world. Now a new group of youngsters [...]
