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>Anthony David Covers Drake’s "Find Your Love"

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> Has Drake arrived? Of course he has… but you can really say it when other artists are doing their version of your songs. Neo-soul/Retro Soul/“Whateva you want to call it” soul artist Anthony David covers “Find Your Love” and does a fantastic job of putting his spin on Drake’s hit record. Now you may not have heard of Anthony David, but he is our President’s favorite male vocalist as mentioned on a recent call-in to the Rickey Smiley Morning Show on this audio clip. Also check out the video for his song “Words” with India.Arie from a few years … Continue reading >Anthony David Covers Drake’s "Find Your Love"

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>101.9 WENN Birmingham Brings Commercial Appeal to Neo Soul Radio

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>When the historic calls letters of WENN returned to the air in February of this year it marked a new direction in urban radio programming. WENN does indeed have a great history dating back to the civil rights era. But the historic reason this time was WENN became the only commercial Neo Soul radio station in the country. (If there is another one, they’re doing a great job of keeping it a secret.) So let’s say it again, WENN is the only NEO-SOUL radio station in the country. It’s not in Chicago, Philadelphia, Detroit, New York or D.C. It’s in … Continue reading >101.9 WENN Birmingham Brings Commercial Appeal to Neo Soul Radio

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>Corrine Bailey Rae says "I don’t really know what neo-soul is"

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> Do you blame her for not wanting to be labeled as representing neo-soul music? Listen to Meredith Viera’s first question to Corrine Bailey Rae on a recent appearance on NBC’s The Today Show. http://dimewars.com/flashmedia/secureflvplayer.swf The term neo soul was initially coined by Kedar Massenburg of Motown Records in the late 1990s as a marketing category following the commercial breakthroughs of artists such as D’Angelo, Erykah Badu, India.Arie, and Maxwell. Has there ever been a more detrimental term is the history of Black music for a recording artist? To be called an underground hip-hop artist is close to being on … Continue reading >Corrine Bailey Rae says "I don’t really know what neo-soul is"