So, other than the fact that Madonna has not produced anything in her past two albums of cultural or musical significance in order to bank of her tours, she has reached new levels of frugality. The supposed “Queen Of Pop” wants to rerelease her album True Blue for its anniversary. Not only does she want to do that with no publicity from her part or new material, but she also wants you to do it for her. What will she do? Scribble on a record for you. And this is one of the richest women on the planet.
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Natasha Bedingfield sings “Weightless” live!
1Exclusive: Official cover art of Jill Scott’s “Vault” album releases!
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Loft965.com is very happy to bring you the album covers for the vault releases of Jill Scott’s Hidden Beach recordings. The above cover is the regular album and the one below is the deluxe version of it. The Original Jill Scott From The Vault Vol. 1, is set to chronicle all that didn’t make it on the albums and more. High off of the heals of her her first number one album, The Light Of The Sun, Jill Scott has more to offer this year. Can’t wait to review this one.
Video Premiere: “For Altid” by Medina
1Danish dance star Medina is back with some new beats, but, as usual, she is doing it first in her mother tongue. Everyone’s in anticipation of the new album since the last one Welcome To Medina was a great disc.
Official cover art and track listing of Nicola Roberts’ album “Cinderella’s Eyes”
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Lovely cover of Nicola Roberts’ debut Cinderella’s Eyes. We give it a 8/10. Click below for the track listing of the album, which already has a hit single.
Video Premiere: “Dance Without You” by Skylar Grey
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Erykah Badu to release a dance album or mixtape?
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Allegedly, the one and only soultress with the mostest Erykah Badu is venturing into the world of dance music. Rumors are circulating that with her new job as DJ Lo Down Loretta Brown has gotten her into the groove of making some shaking sounds. The queen of neosoul goes by different aliases like Medula Oblongata, Sera Ballum, Analog Girl In A Digital World and @Fatbellybella. So, it could be one of those phases. We all know how long Miss Badu takes to make an album.
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Video Premiere: “Manners” by Icona Pop
1Introducing… Down To The Bone
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Down To The Bone’s groove gets harder, funkier and juicier. Their music encompasses all that is funky, soulful and jazzy. As founder and producer of the band, Stuart Wade states that ‘it’s all about the groove….that is what gets people dancing, their toes tapping and their heads nodding.’
‘Wade formed the band several years ago, where previous musical and business projects such as ‘Internal Bass Records’ and ‘Think Twice‘ had given him the necessary experience to reach his musical goals. In 2001 Wade decided to go solo with the band and split from Internal Bass Records. With eight Down To The Bone Albums receiving critical acclaim and chart topping success in the US contemporary Jazz Billboard charts, and three compilation Jazz/Funk albums, he hasn’t looked back.
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Laura Marling debuts new song “Salinas” live!
3All this summer uppity dance crap is getting to us and we can’t wait to get down to basics and listen to music of the heart and soul like the strums of Laura Marling who is prepping her third full-length album A Creature I Don’t Know for a September 12th, 2011 release. This may or may not be on the record, but it most likely will. We’re just guessing by the lyrical prowess and arrangement.
Lady Gaga covers The Advocate magazine!
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Ani DiFranco sings “Promiscuity” live!
1Ani DiFranco is about ready to burst with new songs for the new album, it could practically be a double album. This is one of them that has been lurking around for a while.
Loft965.com Chart: Week 27 of 2011
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- 1. End Of Time – Beyonce
- 2. Apparently Nothin’ – Beverley Knight
- 3. Le Boom Vent Suite – Jill Scott
- 4. Heavy Metal Lover – Lady Gaga
- 5. Making You Wait – Jill Scott
- 6. He Won’t Go – Adele
- 7. It’s Over Now – Electric Lady Lab
- 8. Best Thing I Never Had – Beyonce
- 9. Beat Of My Drum – Nicola Roberts
- 10. Yellow – Cocknbullkid
Lykke Li sings “Sadness Is A Blessing” live on the moon!
1Official cover art of Adele’s single “Set Fire To The Rain”
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Beyonce performs “Best Thing I Never Had” live!
3Sexy Track: “Apparently Nothin’” by Beverley Knight
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Beverley Knight has gone and give kudos to an oft-forgotten genre. While some of the best soul music came out of the UK, little people know it. The reason for it being, first, it has always taken the backseat to the soul music of the USA and, second, support is lacking for subdivisions of this genre on that side of the pond. Still, some gems accumulated throughout the years and Beverley Knight decided to give tribute to them on her 7th disc, Soul UK. On one of the highlights of the album, Knight covers the Young Disciples’ (fronted by Carleen Anderson) only hit. “Apparently Nothin’” is one of those tracks that doesn’t have to yell at you to get your attention, it’s smart lyrically and awfully catchy. It was also covered by Acid Jazz pioneers Brand New Heavies, but now we get the sweet serenade version via the impeccable vocals of Beverley Knight on Soul UK.
Video Premiere: “Two” by Lenka
1The second single from Lenka’s second album is aptly titled “Two.” As she told us in her interview with us, this was a prospective single. We like it, but we think there are stronger tracks on the album like “Shock Me Into Love” and “End Of The World.” Still, there’s enough time for all to be released. Continue reading
Don’t Quote Me, Vol. 547
“When I look down, I miss all the good stuff
And when I look up, I just trip over things…”
- Ani DiFranco on “As Is”
