Blues and Soul Music Magazine

Issue 1008

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Eddy Grant

EDDY GRANT: ELECTRIC INTERVIEW

Multi-million-selling legendary singer/songwriter/producer/multi-instrumentalist/record-label-owner Eddy Grant will go down in history as one of the most influential & pioneering figures in Britsh black music of the late Twentieth Century...

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Emmanuel Jal

EMMANUEL JAL: PHOENIX FROM THE ASHES

PETE LEWIS TALKS TO The possessor of one of the most extraordinary life-stories you`re likely to hear, rapper/songwriter Emmanuel Jal WHO RECREATES HIS lifetime experiences through MUSIC ON his latest album 'Warchild'...

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Mina Agossi

MINA AGOSSI: ALL THAT JAZZ!

Charismatic JAZZ vocalist MINA AGOSSI TAKES TIME OUT TO TALK TO B&S ABOUT HER NEW ALBUM 'SIMPLE THINGS', HER RAPPING TAXI DRIVER, TOUGH TIMES AND LOOKING FOR A FLAT SHARE IN LONDON... I'VE GOT A SPARE ROOM...

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Calvin Richardson

CALVIN RICHARDSON: KEEPING THAT SOULFUL SOUND ALIVE!

B&S SITS DOWN STATESIDE WITH CALVIN RICHARDSON, WHO TALKS ABOUT HIS PROGRESSION FROM HIS DEBUT ALBUM TO BEING VERY MUCH A SOUL STAR OF TODAY... AND BEING WANTED ALONG THE WAY...

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Ne-Yo

NE-YO: IN HIS OWN WORDS

PETE LEWIS TALKS TO GRAMMY WINNING NE-YO ABOUT HIS NEW SINGLE 'CLOSER', HIS SOON TO BE RELEASED ALBUM 'YEAR OF THE GENTLEMAN', HIS LOVE OF THE RAT PACK AND HELPING OUT MICHAEL JACKSON WITH HIS NEW ALBUM.

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The Dap Kings and Sharon Jones

DAP-KINGS: FLUSHED WITH SUCCESS

AFTER THEIR RECENT SHOW AT THE JAZZ CAFE WITH SHARON JONES, SNOW BOY TALKS TO THE DAPP-KINGS ABOUT THEIR RISE TO PROMANANCE IN THE WAKE OF WINEHOUSE AND RONSON...

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SHARON jONES AND THE  DAP-KINGS 16/04/2008

KEEPING UP WITH THE JONES

SNOW BOY AND MRS JONES HAVE AN INTERVIEW GOING ON... WHEN SHARON JONES GRANTED BLUES AND SOUL AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WHILST BACKSTAGE AFTER HER RECENT GIG AT THE JAZZ CAFE, SNOW BOY WAS ON HAND TO ACCEPT THE KIND OFFER (WELDONE THAT MAN)...

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Bobby Womack

BOBBY WOMACK: 'LAST SOUL MAN' B&S CLASSIC INTERVIEW - 08/08/04

PETE LEWIS RECALLS MEETING ONE OF SOUL`S ELDER STATESMEN AND MOST ENDURING FIGURES IN SUMMER 1994, WHEN BOBBY WOMACK TOOK THE KID GLOVES OFF IN DISCUSSING HIS OWN TROUBLED CAREER AND THE DAMAGE BEING INFLICTED ON BLACK MUSIC BY NEGATIVE RAP...

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D'Angelo

D’ANGELO: The Gift & The Curse

With personal demons, sensitivity and a raging creative fire, he will never be a record company darling like an Usher or Beyoncé. They are simply wired differently... Jeff Lorez looks back at the career of the inigma that is D'ANGELO.

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The Blakbyrds

THE BLACKBYRDS: TALKING IN RHYTHM

The Blackbyrds unquestionably achieved the first serious breakthrough for jazz-funk music in the UK - more recently - making significant impact on today`s hip hop generation... "To be blessed by 2Pac Shakur to me is the ultimate honour!"

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