16th December 2009
The Hurst Selection refuses to be sucked into the Christmas palaver for the time being as it remains business as usual at S&J until the 24th December at around 6:00 p.m. From that moment on…
Musically this week we consider January’s 52nd Grammy Awards and in 4 from look at some of the nominations in the following categories:
Best Female R&B Vocal Performance – Lalah Hathaway
Best Urban/Alternative Performance – The Foreign Exchange
Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance – Calvin Richardson
Best R&B Album – Maxwell
The show gets underway though with fine music from Dr. Rubberfunk featuring Roachford, Kabanya-Chemise with ‘Sky Blue’, followed then by the underrated soul of Impromp2. Variety being the spice of life ‘n’ all, five tracks are next with much of that in abundance: Schema’s Alessandro Magnanini, the interesting Joy Jones, Austria’s Lungau Big Band (?) featuring the very talented Tony Momrelle, new music from Osunlade and one to watch for 2010 – Andreya Triana, on this occasion alongside Bonobo on ‘The Keeper’.
Marcell and The Truth have just released their sophomore project entitled ‘Symbols’ and the killer track ‘It’s Kinda Like’ is here alongside a track from their debut set.
The pace is raised with older tracks from Jiva and Incognito and then a blast of The Soul Harmonics with the title track from their latest CD. Older tracks on offer come from The Sugarhill Gang, Breakwater, Collins and Collins, Jackie Moore, Love Committee, Kleeer and something very classy from the late, great Luther Ingram.
Ho Ho Ho!
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The Hurst Selection
16th December 2009
Artist – Track – Album – Year
Dr. Rubberfunk feat. Roachford Trouble Woman Hot Stone 2010
Kabanya-Chemise Sky Blue Download Only 2009
Impromp2 I Wanna Know It Is What It Is 2008
Lalah Hathaway That Was Then Self Portrait 2008
Grammy nomination for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
The Foreign Exchange Daykeeper Leave It All Behind 2008
Grammy nomination for Best Urban/Alternative Performance
Calvin Richardson Woman Gotta Have It Facts Of Life: The Soul Of Bobby Womack 2009
Grammy nomination for Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance
Maxwell Bad Habits BLACKsummers’night 2009
Grammy nomination for Best R&B Album
Alessandro Magnanini Livin’ My Life Someway Still I Do 2009
Joy Jones Glass Boxes Godchild 2009
Bonobo feat. Andreya Triana The Keeper Download only 2009
Lungau Big Band feat. Tony Momrelle With Your Luv Message In The Music 2007
Osunlade Butterfly Rebirth 2010
Malik Pendleton Little Brother, Little Sister Look Around 2000
Marcell & The Truth Never Leave You Lonely Hopes Too High 2006
Marcell & The Truth It’s Kinda Like Symbols 2009
Jiva I Realized Sun & Moon 2006
Incognito Freedom To Love Tales From The Beach 2008
Soul Harmonics These Times These Times 2009
Sugarhill Gang Passion Play Sugarhill Gang 1980
Breakwater Say Love Me Girl Splashdown 1980
Collins And Collins Top Of The Stairs Collins And Collins 1980
Jackie Moore This Time Baby I’m On My Way 1979
Love Committee Just As Long As I Got You Law And Order 1978
Kleeer Keep Your Body Working I Love To Dance 1979
Luther Ingram Do You Think There’s A Chance Do You Love Somebody 1977
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