Stevie Wonder

Funk Soul 

Stevie Wonder’s Declaration of Independence

September 30, 2026September 30, 2026 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 1976, 50th anniversary, As, Berry Gordy, Coolio, Greg Phillinganes, Herbie Hancock, I Wish, Isn't She Lovely, Ronnie Foster, Songs In The Key Of Life, Stevie Wonder

How ‘Songs in the Key of Life’ ushered in a new creative era

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Funk Soul 

Artists Praise ‘Songs in the Key of Life’ for its 50th Anniversary

September 28, 2026September 28, 2026 Ron Hart 0 Comments 1976, 50th anniversary, Arima Ederra, Chastity Brown, Motown Records, Niia, Saul Williams, Songs In The Key Of Life, Stevie Wonder, the black watch

Modern acts look back on Stevie Wonder’s singular masterpiece

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jazz Remembrance Soul 

Remembering Quincy Jones

November 7, 2024November 7, 2024 Kara Tucker 1 Comment James Ingram, Michael Jackson, Paul McCartney, Quincy Jones, RIP, Sidney Lumet, Soul Bossa Nova, Stevie Wonder, Truman Capote

The legendary music producer lived a full life on borrowed time

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jazz Pop Remembrance Rock Soul 

David Sanborn’s Adventures Beyond the Realm of Jazz

May 15, 2024May 16, 2024 Ron Hart 0 Comments Alto, Between the Buried and Me, Bruce Springsteen, Carly Simon, David Bowie, David Sanborn, James Brown, Kenny Loggins, RIP, Saxophone, Steely Dan, Stevie Wonder, The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, The Robert Cray Band, The Rolling Stones

10 albums featuring the late alto sax great

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Music Journalism Pop Rock Soul 

We Watched The Grammy Awards So You Don’t Have To

February 5, 2024February 5, 2024 Kara Tucker 0 Comments Annie Lennox, Dua Lipa, Grammy, Grammy Awards, Jay-Z, Joni Mitchell, Mariah Carey, Miley Cyrus, Olivia Rodrigo, Sinead O'Connor, Stevie Wonder, Taylor Swift, The 66th Annual Grammy Awards, The Grammys, Tony Bennett

A by-the-minute recount of last night’s broadcast ICYMI

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Records 

The ALBUM Section: October 2023

October 31, 2023October 31, 2023 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 2023, Andrew Watt, Are We There Yet?, Bill Wyman, Blink-182, Charlie Watts, Elton John, Geffen Records, Hackney Diamonds, Keith Richards, Lady Gaga, Mark Hoppus, Mick Jagger, One More Time..., Paul McCartney, Rick Astley, Ron Wood, Steve Jordan, Stevie Wonder, The Rolling Stones, Tom DeLonge, Travis Barker

Digging into the latest from the Stones, Blink-182 and Rick Astley

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Funk Soul 

Higher Ground: Stevie Wonder’s Innervisions at 50

August 7, 2023August 7, 2023 Kathy Fennessy 2 Comments 1973, 50th anniversary, Berry Gordy, Innervisions, Motown, Stevie Wonder, Syreeta Wright, Tamla Records

Looking back on a visionary album from a once-in-a-lifetime artist

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Music Journalism Pop Rock 

Pop Top 40: Top LPs & Tapes for Week Ending January 27, 1973

January 30, 2023January 30, 2023 T.A. Inskeep 1 Comment Al Green, Carly Simon, Carole King, Curtis Mayfield, Helen Reddy, James Taylor, Jethro Tull, Joni Mitchell, Los Babys, Neil Diamond, Pop Top 40, Rolling Stones, Slade, Stevie Wonder, The Moody Blues

50 years ago, soft rock was dominating the chart

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Funk Soul 

Blame It On The Sun: Stevie Wonder’s Talking Book at 50

October 27, 2022October 27, 2022 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 1972, 50th anniversary, Berry Gordy, Brian Wilson, Carmine Appice, Jeff Beck, Marvin Gaye, Moog, Moog Synthesizer, Motown, Stevie Wonder, Superstition, Talking Book, Tamla, Tim Bogert, Tonto's Expanding Head Band

Looking back on the album that thrusted soul music into the future

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Funk Music Journalism 

Arista Records and the P-Funk Multiverse

August 16, 2022August 16, 2022 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments 1978, All The Woo In The World, Arista Records, Barry White, Bernie Worrell, Chaka Khan, Glenn Goins, Mitchell Cohen, Parliament-Funkadelic, Quazar, Ray Parker Jr., Raydio, Stevie Wonder, Tom Vickers

Read the funkiest excerpt from Mitchell Cohen’s Looking for the Magic: New York City, the ‘70s and The Rise of Arista Records

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Beatle Pop Rock 

Be What You See: Tug of War at 40

May 11, 2022May 11, 2022 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments 40th Anniversary, Beatle, Carl Perkins, Fab Four, George Martin, Here Today, John Hurt, John Lennon, Macca, Paul McCartney, Stevie Wonder, Tug of War, Wings

Paul McCartney’s 1982 LP is a perfect balance of emotion and eccentricity

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Blues Festivals Funk Gospel jazz Soul World 

“Are You Ready, Black People?”: Summer Of Soul Takes Us Higher

July 6, 2021March 28, 2022 James Porter 3 Comments Chuck Jackson, David Ruffin, Gladys Knight & the Pips, Harlem Cultural Festival, Questlove, Sly & the Family Stone, Stevie Wonder, Summer of Soul, The Chambers Brothers, The Fifth Dimension, The Roots

In his directorial debut, Roots drummer Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson celebrates the great lost music festival of 1969

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Music Journalism 

LISTEN: What Juneteenth Means To Me

June 19, 2021June 20, 2021 Ron Hart 0 Comments Aretha Franklin, Bad Brains, Black Lives Matter, Clarence Clemons, Frank Ocean, Jimi Hendrix, Juneteenth, Lil Nas X, Living Colour, Stevie Wonder

59 songs that define my love and appreciation for Black Culture

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Dance Electronic 

We Were The Robots: Daft Punk, RIP

February 23, 2021February 24, 2021 T.A. Inskeep 2 Comments Daft Punk, Discovery, France, Homework, Nile Rodgers, Paris, Pharrell Williams, Random Access Memories, RIP, Stevie Wonder, The KLF

Some personal notes on the French Touch icons

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adblock Soul 

Swamp Dogg: Janis Joplin, Dionne Warwick and Me

February 15, 2021February 15, 2021 Jason Gross 0 Comments Aretha Franklin, Curtis Mayfield, Jerry Williams, Joyful Noise, Marvin Gaye, Otis Redding, Patti LaBelle, Ray Charles, Sam Cooke, Sly Stone, Smokey Robinson, Sorry You Couldn't Make It, Sorry You Couldn’t Make It Demos, Stevie Wonder, Swamp Dogg

Soul great also known as Jerry Williams tells all: “Ask me anything you want. I had a good night sleep.”

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