Carla Benson is one of the most recorded background vocalists in music history and after over 50 years, she’s ready to tell her story. “Journey Into Love” is Carla’s self-published memoir about her time with her late cousin Barbara Ingram and late best friend Evette Benton as the dynamic backing…
Dexter Wansel, the Philadelphia-based songwriter/producer, turns 75 years young today and his contributions to the Sound of Philadelphia are as important as those of the producers he followed. Wansel joined Philadelphia International Records in the mid 70s just as Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff started delegating more production duties out…
Cashmere was an electro-funk group from the city of Brotherly Love who found their way onto the dance charts with a song that shared a title with an earlier Philly classic. People’s Choice, one of the newer acts on Philadelphia International Records’ TSOP sub label, struck it big in early…
By Chris Stevens Ari Lennox is one of today’s favorite R&B artists, but it seemed she was out of place or constantly lost in the shuffle on J. Cole’s Dreamville Records imprint. No longer is that the case as Ari celebrated the release of a new single “Soft Girl Era”…
This past weekend, the long-awaited documentary Love To Love You, Donna Summer debuted on HBO’s Max streaming service as well as traditional cable. The 1-hour and 46-minute experience, co-produced by Donna’s daughter Brooklyn Sudano, lived up to expectations as a truthful and serious look at the life and times of…
Bootsy Collins’ run of success leading Bootsy’s Rubber Band in the late 1970s established him as an all-time great bassist and a first-class front man in his own unique way. That uniqueness was evident in the music, especially Side B of 1977’s Ahh…the name is Bootsy, Baby!, which consists of…