Mya Harrison has long been a talented singer, songwriter and dancer, as well as one of the most aesthetically enchanting women to walk the planet. And just in time for Summer 2026, she returns with a fun and funky, electric and electro-influenced album called Retrospect. Retrospect pays homage to a…
Aleem had long been a part of New York’s thriving Black music scene, going back to their association with a wild-child guitarist from Seattle named Jimi Hendrix in the 1960s. TaharQa Z. and Tunde Ra Aleem, also known as the Fantastic Aleems, started their own NIA Records imprint in 1979…
August 8th is celebrated in the music community thanks to the Roland TR-808 drum machine, a programmer that gave Hip-Hop, House, Electro and more a solid base to craft memorable jams on. The TR-808 was introduced by the Roland Corporation of Japan in 1980, on the heels of the CR-78,…
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…
Dana Meyers, a key part of SOLAR Records’ songwriting and production team that churned out hits for The Whispers, Lakeside, Shalamar and others, died suddenly earlier this week. He was 73 years old. Mr. Meyers was born in Dayton, Ohio and moved to Los Angeles and quickly became a part…
Tyler The Creator is on an incredible hot streak that continues with his dance-oriented 9th studio album, DON’T TAP THE GLASS. DON’T TAP THE GLASS debuted this week at No. 1 on Billboard’s 200 albums chart, the fourth consecutive project from the California artist to earn that distinction. Tyler posted…
The early 1980s were a tough time for Black musicians as R&B/Funk bands were caught up in the anti-disco avalanche that killed the genre in the late 1970s. Ever the innovators, Black musicians and producers embraced modern technology, which took away from bands and session players of various instruments, but…