10-06-2014, 08:45
Don't know as I'd consider Sam Brown a soulster but she sure does well with a crack R&B ork behind her: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYn6RPftoFc More convincing? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRdQ9r5OqrU << this is more like it. If this isn't soul, than neither is Roberta Flack's--both women fetch it up in their different ways, from a woman's soul. Case closed. This on the other hand is nothing like soul (closer to what Renee Fleming or Dame Kiri Te Kanawa might do on a light-hearted day)--included because she is the lyricist, Jon Lord writing the music). Then there's this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRrXXXd2DSU
David Gray On the surface, not a soul singer but as a friend says, he has the controlled emotion [but that emotion is expressed] of the some of the best in the soul traditiion. Many would say this Alt Folk- I'm OK with that...if you can imagine these songs in the hands of the right Soul producer and right progressive players. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRY9N3Vzkrg&list=PL4A14BB1E7F6FACD0 << Can't get this to post righteously but plug his name into YouTube and look for Zermatt Unplugged--be amazed.
David Gray On the surface, not a soul singer but as a friend says, he has the controlled emotion [but that emotion is expressed] of the some of the best in the soul traditiion. Many would say this Alt Folk- I'm OK with that...if you can imagine these songs in the hands of the right Soul producer and right progressive players. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRY9N3Vzkrg&list=PL4A14BB1E7F6FACD0 << Can't get this to post righteously but plug his name into YouTube and look for Zermatt Unplugged--be amazed.
A man accustomed to hear only the echo of his own sentiments, soon bars all the common avenues of delight, and has no part in the general gratification of mankind--Dr. Johnson
What he said. Amen, Bro--JazzboCR
What he said. Amen, Bro--JazzboCR