Great new podcast from EJ Flavors celebrating the music of Ashford and Simpson.

Ashford and Simpson Vol. 1 by GrownFolksMusic

01 – High Rise – Ashford & Simpson
02 – It Seems To Hang On – Ashford & Simpson
03 – Stuff Like That – Quincy Jones
04 – Found A Cure – Ashford & Simpson
05 – Love Don’t Make It Right – Ashford & Simpson
06 – It’s My House – Diana Ross
07 – Have You Ever Tried It – Main Ingredient
08 – Bourgié Bourgié – Ashford & Simpson
09 – Don’t Cost You Nothing – Ashford & Simpson
10 – Street Corner – Ashford & Simpson
11 – Over And Over – Sylvester
12 – Clouds – Chaka Khan
13 – I Ain’t Asking – Phyllis Hyman
14 – By Way Of Love’s Express – Ashford & Simpson
15 – Send It – Ashford & Simpson
16 – Is It Still Good To Ya? – Teddy Pendergrass

What can I say about this fantastic new musical offering “I Tried To Forget You” from SOULKISS(Tim Dillinger, Kare Alford and David Sosa) well there are lots of things and they are all good. (more…)

Even though I’m considered a music writer, expert or whatever the hell you wanna call me, I much rather consider myself a student of music. No matter how much I think I know, I’m always discovering and learning new things from music. So in digging around for a post, I stumbled across this interesting find. Now the wonderful thing about music is it’s incredible ability to cross the boundaries of nationality, language and time. This is definitely shown through one of my favorite songs, “I (Who Have Nothing)”. Though this song has traveled from it’s Italian roots through actor and singer, Mr. Joe Sentieri, it has continued to move through the voices of Ben E. King, Linda Jones, Tom Jones, Donnie Hathaway with Roberta Flack, Sylvester, Shirley Bassey and many more. For this particular post, it was hard for me to chose which version I loved the most so I did a threesome. Ya’ll keep yo mind out the gutter – I ain’t talkin’ ’bout that kind of “threesome” :) . I wanted to stack the original version with the timeless voice of Luther Vandross and Martha Wash then bring it back with a live version with Ms. Gladys Knight. Hope you enjoy!!!
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