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ONE TO WATCH: Ben Khan

The mysterious Ben Khan is our One To Watch. Ben Khan’s Drive (Part I) is another reason why I love Twitter and Soundcloud. Some beautiful people on the first social network put me up on this record, hosted on the latter, and you know a song is good when it boasts over 100k plays. Ben …

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Happy 40th Birthday, Stevie Wonder's Innervisions!

Stevie Wonder’s Innervisions was 40 years old on Saturday. Stevie Wonder’s classic period, from Music of My Mind in 1972 to the seminal Songs in the Key of Life in 1976, is defining not only to his career but music as a whole. To produce five albums in four years in such astounding quality is …

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FREE DOWNLOAD: BigGroove - Sunrise for Breakfast

Another Throwback Thursday but this time from our own BigGroove and it’s a free track called Sunrise for Breakfast. BigGroove likes to put tracks up on Soundcloud every now and again as most users do. They might be quick drafts or full tracks but they all have an element of soul and feeling in them. …

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THROWBACK THURSDAY: Jesse Johnson - Be Your Man (1985)

We’re back in the 80’s for this week’s Throwback Thursday with Jesse Johnson performing Be Your Man on Soul Train in 1985. Purple Rain did a lot for music and fashion, with the jheri curl getting another shout out (along with MJ in the same year and later Coming To America) and those big jackets. …