#Joi Staton

[doberbutts]

OK so I keep getting asks asking me for an update on my music adventure I started before the new year and, based on your suggestions and also people I already had on my playlist:

[obligatory disclaimer: some of these artists I have already deleted because I'm mad about their non-musical actions, others have followed me since childhood, and some I had well before I knew they were black or had black members in the band]

Alex Boye - black, kinda everything but the ones I have are pop - already had

Alicia Keys - black, r&b/soul - already had

Allison Russell - black, pop - still deciding

Amaare - black, r&b/soul/afropop - still deciding

Amythyst Kiah - black, folk/alt-rock/blues - still deciding

Angel Haze - black, rap/hip-hop - still deciding

Angeline Morrison - black, alt/folk/indie - still deciding

Anjimile - black, alt/folk/indie - still deciding

Anna Field - black, alt/folk/indie - still deciding

Arlo Parks - black, indie/pop/folk/r&b - still deciding

Ben Harper - black, raggae/alt/indie - still deciding

Beyonce - black, pop/r&b/soul - already had

Birds of Chicago - black (wife, married), folk - still deciding

Black Eyed Peas - black (mostly), alt/r&b/pop-rap/EDM - already had

Blanco Brown - black, country/hip-hop - already had

BOB - black, rap/hip-hop - already had

Bone Thugs N Harmony - black, hip-hop/rap - already had

Brittany Howard - black, alt/indie - still deciding

Candi Staton - black, r&b/soul/pop - deleted, this is more my dad's music than mine tbh

Carolina Chocolate Drops - black, pop/folk - not exactly what I was looking for but I like it

Cee Lo Green - black, r&b/soul/hip-hop/EDM - already had

Chris Brown - black, rap/r&b/hip-hop - already had, deleted long ago after he beat the shit out of Rihanna and then released Fine China, but I do like the sound even if the guy singing it is a piece of shit

Ciara - black, r&b/soul/pop/EDM - already had

Clipping. - mostly nb (black rapper), hip-hop/rap/EDM - deleted immediately, this is way too far into the Just Noise territory and several songs give me a headache

Damita - black, gospel - already had

David Jordan - black, metal/pop - already had

Dead South - mostly nb (black cellist), folk/bluegrass - already had

DEATH - black, proto-punk - honestly debating deleting, not a huge fan

Death Grips - mostly nb (black rapper), hip-hop/rap - same problem as clipping, too far into Just Noise and deleted immediately

Destorm - black, EDM/pop/hip-hop/rap - already had

Devil and the Deep Blue Sea - mostly nb (black vocals), jazz/funk - still deciding

DJ Casper - black, EDM/hip-hop/rap - already had because cha cha slide

DJ Mehdi - black, EDM - still deciding

Fall Out Boy - mostly nb (black bassist), alt/indie/pop-punk/pop-rock (collabs) - already had

Fatoumata Diawara - black, folk/afro-pop/blues - liked her in Gorillaz collab, still deciding for her by herself

Flowerovlove - black, pop/indie/trap - still deciding but mostly favorable

Flying Lotus - black, EDM - still deciding

Gary Clark Jr - black, blues/raggae/r&b/hip-hop/soul - not exactly what I wanted but favorable

Genesis Owusu - black, punk/rap/hip-hop - also not really what I wanted but favorable

Gloria Gaynor - black, r&b/soul/disco - already had because I will survive

Iniko - black , alt/soul/EDM - still deciding

Iyaz - black, raggae/pop/r&b - already had

Jackson5 - black, r&b/pop/soul/disco - already had

Jake Blount - black, blues/folk - still deciding

Janelle Monae - black, soul/r&b/EDM - incredibly favorable, probably keeping

Jason Derulo - black, pop/r&b - already had

Jordin Sparks - black, r&b/soul/pop - already had

Joy Oladokun - black, pop/folk/r&b/rock - still deciding

JP Cooper - black, alt-rock/soul/house - still deciding

Kaia Kater - black, indie/folk - still deciding

Kanye West - black, rap/r&b/hip-hop - already had because he has a handful of Christian songs my dad likes, deleted long ago because it's Kanye.

Kid Cudi - black, EDM/hip-hop/rap - already had

Laxcity - black, EDM/lo-fi - still deciding but incredibly favorable

Lil Jon - black, hip-hop/rap/crunk - already had because get low

Lil Nas X - black, hip-hop/pop rap/country - already had

Lizzie No - black, folk/blues/country - still deciding

LMFAO - black, EDM/hip-hop - already had

Lou Bega - black, mambo/hip-hop/ska - already had because mambo no. 5

LustSickPuppy - black, rap/EDM - deleted, immediate dislike

Magnolia Park - black (mixed group), pop-punk/alt-rock - THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR!!!!!!! Whoever suggested it, thank you!!!!!!!!

Mangodog - black, pop - still deciding

Maroon5 - mostly nb (black keyboardist), pop-rock/soft-rock - already had

Mavis Staples - black, r&b/soul/folk - still deciding

Me'shell Ndegeocello - black, soul/jazz/hip-hop/raggae - again this is mostly Dad Music and not Jaz Music so it was deleted

Michael Franti - black, hip-hop/raggae/jazz/folk - already had a few because I love his sound and didn't realize he was black, whoever recommended him thank you for the new info

Michael Jackson - black, pop/soul/r&b/rock/disco - already had , it's also Dad Music but it's fun

MikeQ - black, EDM - still deciding

MNEK - black, EDM/pop - THIS IS ALSO EXACTLY WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR!!!!!!!!

Mon Rovia - black, folk/r&b/soul - still deciding

Morcheeba - mostly nb (black vocalist), hip-hop/rock/folk - deleted, Dad Music

Moses Sumney - black, soul/jazz/alt/indie - still deciding

Nelly - black, hip-hop/rap - already had

Nicki Minaj - black, pop/hip-hop/rap - already had

Nico & Vinz - black, pop/pop-rock - already had

Nightmares On Wax - black, hip-hop/techno - still deciding but highly favorable

Nova Twins - black, alt-rock/punk/nu-metal - deleted, Just Noise

P. Diddy - black, hip-hop/rap - already had, I'm aware of Diddy's deeds however they sang this version of I'll Be Missing You at my grandfather's funeral and it makes me think of him and cry

Plain White T's - mostly nb (black drummer), alt-rock/indie - already had

POD - mostly nb (black guitarist), Christian nu-metal - already had

Pussycat Dolls - mostly nb (black vocalist), pop - already had

Queen Omega - black, reggae - deleted, not my genre. sorry Odie, she doesn't stray far enough into the genres I do like for me to hold much interest

R Kelly - black, r&b/soul/hip-hop/rap - already had, literally the same thing as Diddy I Believe I Can Fly was played at my grandfather's funeral so I've held onto it

Rhiannon Giddens - black, folk/country - still deciding

Rihanna - black, pop/EDM/hip-hop/reggae/r&b - already had

Rusted Root - mostly nb (one black member) , rock - already had

Santigold - black, EDM/hip-hop - EXTREMELY favorable, very very close to what I was looking for

Shannon Funchess - black, alt/EDM/punk - still deciding

Straight No Chaser - mostly nb (black vocalist) - already had, it's an acapella group that did parody mashups of christmas songs that I find hilarious year after year

Stromae - black, hip-hop/EDM - EXTREMELY favorable, very very close to what I was looking for

Sunny War - black, folk/punk/pop - still deciding

Tanerelle - black, r&b/soul/pop - still deciding

Tank and the Bangas - mostly black, soul/hip-hop - not really my genre but I like it well enough

Teebs - black, EDM - still deciding

The Weeknd - black, alt-r&b/pop/EDM - it's weird bc I either hate the song or I really like it with no in-between so far

Thurston Harris - black, r&b/soul/rock - already had

TLC - black, r&b/hip-hop/pop - already had

Todrick Hall - black, r&b/pop/hip-hop - already had - this particular song of his (Beauty and the Beat) re-opened my relationship with one of my black aunts so I kept it

Toro Y Moi - black, EDM/pop/indie-rock/hip-hop - still deciding

Tray Wellington - black, folk/jazz/blues - still deciding

Tricky - black, alt/indie/EDM - still deciding, but favorable

TV On The Radio - mostly black, pop-rock/indie-rock - still deciding, but favorable

Usher - black, hip-hop/r&b/rap - already had

Vagabon - black, EDM/indie-rock/pop - still deciding

Valerie June - black, folk/blues/gospel/soul/country - still deciding

WHOKILLEDXIX - duo with one black member, punk/rap/rock - I also either hate the song and delete it immediately or really like it with no in-between

Whole Wheat Bread - black, rock/punk/reggae/rap - still deciding but favorable

will.i.am - black, hip-hop/pop/EDM - EXTREMELY favorable

Witch Prophet - black, r&b/soul/jazz - still deciding

Wiz Khalifa - black, hip-hop/rap - already had

Yola - black, r&b/pop - this is also Dad Music but I like it and I think her voice is beautiful so I've kept it

[mybeautifulchristianjourney]

by Michael Staton | The Lord desires us to live for His glory, and this is good news for us because we find our ultimate joy in doing so. Your best response to your Shepherd is satisfaction in His provision, gratitude for His restoration, and trust as you walk carefully and diligently in His steps no matter the path…

[adozentothedawn]

🎧🎧

Ask Me Anything - S.J. Tucker

I will walk and I will dance But flying's got to wait Until I'm not the only one And joy can never come too late!

Ask Game

I Wanna Be in the Cavalry - Seth Staton Watkins

I want a horse in the volunteer force that's riding forth at dawn Please save for me some gallantry that will echo when I'm gone

There we go, now I can pretend to be a hipster xD

[accidentallycurated]

simblr virgin no more

hey, hi, hello!

in my twelve years of playing sims (since I had to insert the sims 3 disc into the family desktop computer), I have never posted anything I have created... or really interacted with the social world of sims.

just last year I discovered the joy of adding cc to my builds, which has always been the bread and butter of sims to me. creating characters was fine, but that was never what kept me playing for eight hours straight. instead, I'd spend my time meticulously replicating photos of houses from pinterest and scouring the internet for creative floor plans.

I've been diving deeper and deeper into the community of sims builders and exploring different cc creators and have decided to throw my hat into the ring!

this feels like speaking into the void lol but hey I'm new here! & I kind of just want to be able to share the things I pour so much energy and thought into.

gonna share some of my favorite real-life designers and ultimate inspirations below!

these designers plus cc from @harrie-cc, @felixandresims, & @pierisim are what inspire my sims builds. I look forward to sharing more soon!!

heidi caillier design

lisa staton interior design

caitlin flemming

anne mcdonald design

(also literally anything photographer Haris Kenjar captures he can do no wrong is this too niche?)

[spaghttioboobio]

SONG OF THE DAY

Day #30

Today's song is You’ve Got The Love by UK band Florence and the Machine from their 2009 debut indie-rock album Lungs. The track is an adaption of Candi Staton’s 1986 dance number You Got The Love, but Florence and the Machines track is its own beast. The song was first performed for festival sets early on in their career, and Welch has described how “even in rehearsals, playing it was just the most euphoric feeling. Then playing it live... was like tearing ourselves open and just exploding on the crowd.” As Welch describes, it is an emotionally charged number with its dainty harp, melodious guitar, and of course soaring vocals. It pulls you in with its strings, ensnares you when it expands after the first verse, then unleashes like a top spinning with Welch’s spiritual chants into a glorious run at 1:58. It is cathartic, it is brimming with love, it is a lightning strike of joy… it’s everything I love about music.

Lungs was the first CD I ever bought when I was a teen, and I cried and screamed whenever I made eye contact with Florence Welch when seeing the experience live for the first time in my 20s. I truly believe my life winds and unfurls with Welch’s music since her songs are so tied to many of my life's moments: from playing Cosmic Love while getting ready for a school dance, playing What Kind Of Man while dealing with hormones and heartbreak, playing Hunger as I was becoming my own person, to playing Free while moving out of my parent's house. I know I am coming across as ridiculous, but Florence and the Machine have defined who I am as a person the same way performers like Queen, Radio Head, My Chemical Romance, or even Taylor Swift may have for you.

“Sometimes I feel like throwing my hands up in the air

'Cause I know I can count on you

Sometimes I feel like saying ‘Lord I just don't care’

But you've got the love I need to see me through”

[whileiamdying]

Grace Jones’ 20 greatest songs – ranked!

With the 40th anniversary of Jones’s masterful fifth album Nightclubbing approaching, we rank her best work

by Alexis Petridis Thu 29 Apr 2021 11.00 EDT

20. I Need a Man (1975)

Jones’s debut single was joyous, cantering mid-70s Eurodisco, its lyrics clearly written with one eye on the dancecfloors of gay clubs. It was rerecorded for Jones’s 1977 debut album, Portfolio, with an arrangement by the Salsoul Orchestra’s Vince Montana and a stronger vocal, but the original drips with slightly shonky period charm.

19. The Hunter Gets Captured By the Game (1980)

Warm Leatherette, released in 1980, relocated Jones to Nassau’s Compass Point studios, introduced reggae rhythm section Sly and Robbie and saw her covering Roxy Music and post-punk. Jones’s take on the old Marvelettes hit is closer to her old self, but it’s fantastic: gently reggae-influenced, post-disco dance music.

18. Victim (1995)

During the period between Jones’s 1989 flop Bulletproof Heart and 2008 comeback Hurricane, she briefly reunited with producer Tom Moulton. The solitary track they completed (but never officially released), a cover of a 1978 Candi Staton single, is a disco-house delight that Moulton claimed was the best thing they ever did together.

17. Am I Ever Gonna Fall in Love in New York City? (1978)

As a man who started out making mixtapes for the Sandpiper, a cornerstone of the gay party scene on Fire Island, Moulton knew the audience Jones was initially targeted at. He insisted she record showtunes, while the original material they made together had a hint of Broadway, as evidenced by this glorious slice of lovelorn high camp.

16. She’s Lost Control (1980)

Jones appears to turn Joy Division’s classic on its head: she recites the words in a blank sprechgesang at odds with Ian Curtis’ mournful delivery and changes the lyrics so the song’s narrator is its subject rather an observer. But its conclusion, where her voice becomes a terrified scream, is every bit as harrowing and bleak as the original.

15. The Apple Stretching (1982)

For all Jones’s fierce image – and the verses in this Melvin Van Peebles-written song about hookers, gun-toting cops and air that smells of “bagels and pollution” – there’s a real softness and warmth about her delivery of the chorus; the New Yorker’s love-hate relationship with the city encapsulated in a song.

14. Warm Leatherette (1980)

Jones’s cover of this JG Ballard-influenced, Throbbing Gristle-esque 1978 single by Daniel Miller’s project the Normal was an inspired move, killing off her disco diva image at a stroke in favour of something darker and harder. Is there a more Grace Jones 2.0 lyric than “quick, let’s make love before we die”?

13. Atlantic City Gambler (1979)

Muse, Jones’s third and final album with Moulton, was a commercial failure, but deserves reappraisal. Side one’s suite of songs offers a tougher and starker take on disco than its predecessors, while on the super-cool, reggae-influenced Atlantic City Gambler, the opening song of side two, you can distinctly hear the roots of what was to follow.

12. Victor Should Have Been a Jazz Musician (1987)

The making of 1987’s Inside Story was fraught – Jones and co-producer Nile Rodgers didn’t get on – and its sound veered close to straightforward mainstream pop, but it had its moments. The understated, small-hours romance of this ballad is just beautiful.

11. My Jamaican Guy (1982)

A patois-thick depiction of Jones’s love for Bob Marley’s keyboard player Tyrone Downie that doesn’t preclude mocking him as a hopeless stoner – “stretching out ’pon the floor, that way ’im don’t fall over” – the sweaty relentlessness of My Jamaican Guy’s bass-heavy backing seems to mirror the unrequited nature of her obsession.

10. Demolition Man (1981)

The first single from Jones’s masterpiece Nightclubbing was written by Sting – she’d requested a song from him, so he sent a demo for this, which the Police hadn’t got around to recording. It vanished without a trace, but its quality – boastful lyrics set to relentless Suicide-esque synths and guitar noise – is there for all to hear.

9. Nightclubbing (1981)

Iggy Pop and David Bowie’s paean to seedy Berlin nightlife might have been written for Jones, a nightclub fixture throughout the late 70s and 80s. She squeezes every drop of decadence out of the lyrics, shifting the song’s rhythm from diseased glam stomp to eerie dub.

8. Nipple to the Bottle (1982)

“I won’t give in and I won’t feel guilty – you rant and rave to manipulate me” – today, Nipple to the Bottle’s topic would be called misogynistic gaslighting. Its depiction of a love affair gone sour is set to hard, spare funk; Jones, meanwhile, is in commanding, enough-of-your-bullshit form.

7. Do or Die (1978)

The work of the songwriters behind Tina Charles’s chart-topping I Love to Love – and Gloria Gaynor’s fantastic (If You Want It) Do It Yourself – Do or Die was the apotheosis of disco-era Jones. It’s lengthy and lavishly orchestrated, with the singer playing up to her tough image: “I’ve been called an operator, I can sell an Eskimo snow.”

6. Williams’ Blood (2008)

After 19 years of stalled projects (a shelved album, Black Marilyn; a collaboration with Tricky), Hurricane was Jones’s triumphant return, a sharp retooling of the Compass Point sound that stirred industrial music into the mix. The autobiographical Williams’ Blood was its highlight: an epic remix by Aeroplane was the late 00s nu-disco movement at its height.

5. I’ve Seen That Face Before (Libertango) (1981)

Used to striking effect in the 1988 movie Frantic, I’ve Seen That Face Before is a stunning reggae remake of an Argentinian tango classic, topped with Jones’s own dark lyrics about sleazy Parisian nightlife. The video, meanwhile, featured a flat-topped, suit-sporting, accordion-playing Jones dwarfed by her own shadow: among the most iconic images of her career.

4. La Vie en Rose (1977)

Reinterpreting Edith Piaf’s signature song as bossa nova – complete with a musical nod to Jimmy Webb’s MacArthur Park – was inspired; emotive, but breezy at the same time. It launched Jones as a European star and became a staple of “sleaze” sets – which dropped the tempo as the night wore on – in US gay clubs.

3. Private Life (1980)

The Pretenders’ original is trash-talking, reggae-influenced new wave, a perfect fit for the icy persona Jones had already begun projecting on 1979’s Muse. Sly and Robbie turn the music into reggae proper, Jones oozes contemptuous, bored hauteur – “I’m very superficial” – with incredible results: a star was (re)born.

2. Pull Up to the Bumper (1981)

The pinnacle of Jones’s Compass Point years, Pull Up to the Bumper exists in its own fabulous, humid musical space, its mid-tempo groove equidistant from funk and reggae. The lyrics are preposterous cars/sex double-entendre filth, lent an appealing edginess by Jones’s stentorian vocal. Forty years on, it hasn’t dated.

1. Slave to the Rhythm (Blooded) (1985)

Only ZTT – the label behind Frankie Goes to Hollywood’s umpteen 12in remixes – would have considered rebooting Jones’s career with an album consisting entirely of versions of one song. Researchers for an unreleased box set discovered that star producer Trevor Horn had recorded more than 70 versions of Slave to the Rhythm. Releasing them all would have been a ridiculous exercise had the track itself not been the best thing either Jones or Horn ever made. A supremely sophisticated sample-heavy concoction, the song glides elegantly over a rhythm rooted in go-go – the funk sub-genre that counted as the hippest dance music of the mid-80s – while her vocal is by turns tender and imperious. The original 12in mix is the keeper.

[blackfemalecountryartistonradio]

Deford Bailey was the first African American to play at the Grand Ole Opry: there is a statue of him at the Grand Ole Opry. The roots of people of color in country music run very deep. The name cowboy came from Black Men who tended to cattle. The drums are an African Instrument. The guitar is also an African Instrument along with the banjo to. Slaves played country music at many of their gatherings: it helped to ease the pain of not being free. Out of the slaves playing country music came 1. Blues, 2. Folk Music, 3. Rock & Roll, 4. Modern Country Music.

The banjo was created in the 17th century by African slaves & then brought to USA via the West Indies. African slaves were the only people to play the banjo until the early 1840s.

Pamela Foster, author of, My Country: The African Diaspora's Country Music Heritage, credits African Americans with creating country music.

In the South, banjos, fiddles, & harmonicas were the dominant instruments played by African Americans writes Pamela in her book.

The list of Black male country artist is listes below:

1. Charley Pride

2. Darius Rucker

3. Kane Brown

4. Cowboy Troy

5. Jimmie Alan

6. Ray Charles

7. Aaron Neville

8. Deford Bailey

9. Cleve Francis

10.Milton Patton

11. Carl Ray

12. Trini Trigs

13. Lesley Riddle

14. Dom Flemons

15. Coffey Anderson

16. Blanco Brown

17. Willie Jones

Listed Below is a list of very talented black female country music artist:

Lamelle Prince

2. Lorraine Cookie Jackson

3. Yolanda Diamond

4. Mickey Guyton

5. Candi Staton

6. Linda Martell

7. Rissi Palmer

8. Yola

9. Rhiannnon Giddens

10. Valerie June

11. Kaia Kater

12. Allison Russell

13. Brittany Spencer

14. Amythyst Kiah

15. Leyla McCalla

16. Tammi Savoy

17. Sunny War

18. Priscilla Renea

19. Miko Marks

20. Vicki Vann

21. Chapel Hart

22. Julie Williams

23. Reyna Roberts

24. Joy Oladokun

25. Adia Victoria

26. Ruby Amanfu

27. Sam & Ruby

28. Carolina Chocolate Drops

29. Petrella

30. Tiera

31. Shemekia Copeland

32. Pointer Sisters

[lamelleprince]

Deford Bailey was the first African American to play at the Grand Ole Opry: there is a statue of him at the Grand Ole Opry. The roots of people of color in country music run very deep. The name cowboy came from Black Men who tended to cattle. The drums are an African Instrument. The guitar is also an African Instrument along with the banjo to. Slaves played country music at many of their gatherings: it helped to ease the pain of not being free. Out of the slaves playing country music came 1. Blues, 2. Folk Music, 3. Rock & Roll, 4. Modern Country Music.

The banjo was created in the 17th century by African slaves & then brought to USA via the West Indies. African slaves were the only people to play the banjo until the early 1840s.

Pamela Foster, author of, My Country: The African Diaspora's Country Music Heritage, credits African Americans with creating country music.

In the South, banjos, fiddles, & harmonicas were the dominant instruments played by African Americans writes Pamela in her book.

The list of Black male country artist is listes below:

1. Charley Pride

2. Darius Rucker

3. Kane Brown

4. Cowboy Troy

5. Jimmie Alan

6. Ray Charles

7. Aaron Neville

8. Deford Bailey

9. Cleve Francis

10.Milton Patton

11. Carl Ray

12. Trini Trigs

13. Lesley Riddle

14. Dom Flemons

15. Coffey Anderson

16. Blanco Brown

17. Willie Jones

Listed Below is a list of very talented black female country music artist:

Lamelle Prince

2. Lorraine Cookie Jackson

3. Yolanda Diamond

4. Mickey Guyton

5. Candi Staton

6. Linda Martell

7. Rissi Palmer

8. Yola

9. Rhiannnon Giddens

10. Valerie June

11. Kaia Kater

12. Allison Russell

13. Brittany Spencer

14. Amythyst Kiah

15. Leyla McCalla

16. Tammi Savoy

17. Sunny War

18. Priscilla Renea

19. Miko Marks

20. Vicki Vann

21. Chapel Hart

22. Julie Williams

23. Reyna Roberts

24. Joy Oladokun

25. Adia Victoria

26. Ruby Amanfu

27. Sam & Ruby

28. Carolina Chocolate Drops

29. Petrella

30. Tiera

31. Shemekia Copeland

32. Pointer Sisters

[musicarenagh]

Candi Staton's Disco Anthem: "Young Hearts Run Free" Candi Staton’s "Young Hearts Run Free" is like scrubbing the grime off 1976 with a glitter-infused Brillo pad, looking right through the mirror and realizing it’s your own reflection crying out: “How did I end up here?” It’s a dance floor anthem that sparkles with Saturday night invincibility, only to leave you staring at the ceiling at 2 a.m., questioning every decision you’ve ever made in love. https://open.spotify.com/album/3US2r0w9Nqbjk4Hd2kSuPT?si=TcLdDdZdS-Ou38NttqfZpg David Crawford penned a disco track that’s really a Trojan horse—its groove, all shimmering and buoyant, sneaks in beneath your defenses, but Staton’s delivery is a bullet-point memo on survival. You’re bopping your head but catching bruises to the heart. She gets it. This is sway-your-hips therapy. “Young Hearts Run Free” reminds us that the world spins on its axis exactly like a disco ball—glittering, shiny, but fractured. Staton doesn’t preach; instead, she waltzes between the joy of escape and the burden of holding onto self-worth. There's an inherent tension: beneath the infectious baseline, she's saying, don't let that love trap you while you’re too busy grooving. [caption id="attachment_57070" align="alignnone" width="640"] Candi Staton's Disco Anthem: "Young Hearts Run Free"[/caption] The unbearable lightness of freedom never felt scarier. That’s where the magic of this track happens—it's a contrast of forces. Disco inherently tells us to throw our arms up in the air, while the lyrics are warning us to protect our hearts like a 3 a.m. emergency exit. Staton’s vocals? As powerful as a well-timed side-eye at a bad decision. It’s a cautionary tale padded with polyester and gold lamé, but at its core, it’s about evasive action. Dancing away before the night swallows you whole. Feel the beat, but don’t be fooled by the lights. Run free, but don’t run blind. Follow Candi Staton on Website, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Instagram.

[severingt]

SoulPM Playlist 25th March

61 - Last Night – The Mar-Keys

64 - Under the Boardwalk – The Drifters

60 - Wonderful World – Sam Cooke

65 - The In Crowd – Dobie Gray

66 - It’s a Mans Mans, Mans World – James Brown

67 - I’ve Passed This Way Before – Jimmy Ruffin

71 - We Got To Have Peace – Curtis Mayfield

72 - (There’s Gonna Be A) Showdown – The Rance Allen Group

72 - Could It Be I’m Falling In Love - Detroit Spinners

72 - I’m Still In Love With You – Al Green

72 - Sixty Minute Man – The Trammps

73 - Joy pt1 – Isaac Hayes

74 - (Everybody Wanna Get Rich) Rite Away – Dr John

74 - Honey Please Can’t You See – Barry White

74 - Shame, Shame, Shame – Shirley and Company

75 - Let’s Groove – Archie Bell and the Drells

75 - Take Good Care Of Yourself – Three Degrees

75 - You Sexy Thing – Hot Chocolate

76 - Sixteen Bars – Stylistics

76 - Car Wash – Rose Royce

78 - I Will Survive – Gloria Gaynor

78 - Night Fever – Carol Douglas

78 - Now That We’ve Found Love – Third World

79 - Never Knew Love Like This Before – Stephanie Mills

79 - Can You Feel The Force – The Real Thing

79 - We Are Family (Remix) – Sister Sledge

82 - Suspicious Minds – Candi Staton

84 - Tell Me Why – Bobby Womack

[robynthinks]

my latest jungle mixtape, taking you deep into the urban jungle!

01 Norfik - Denial 02 Damian's Ghost - Into The Night 03 Machinedrum - Wait 4 U (DJ Phil Remix) 04 Artificial Red, Voodoo Child - The Oasis 05 Joy Orbison - Hyph Mngo (ETRA JNGL Edit) 06 Shan feat. Candi Staton - One Day (L Major Remix) 07 Pressa, Drumskull - Dream Machine (Settle Down Remix) 08 Arcane - Above and Beyond (Yorobi Remix) 09 Sempra, DJ Hybrid - The Reckoning 10 Neekeetone - Return 11 Lake Haze - Inner Peace 12 Worsleyy, Glinks - Move Ya Body (Cheetah Remix) 13 Cozen - Headstruck 14 Sheba Q, No Nation, Tim Reaper - Step Back 15 Mantra, Decibella, Tim Reaper - Spit & Rinse 16 DJ SoFa - Dilemma 17 Artificial Red - This Time 18 DJ FLP - Crystalline 19 Tommy The Cat - Reminiscing 20 Ljudas, Boj Lucki - Life Stuck In Second Gear 21 Emz, Sl8r, Blay Vision - Cammy Riddim 22 Conducta, Biji - Gold (Tim Reaper Remix)

[asiantraderbiz]

Consumer confidence remains at historic lows: GfK

Consumer confidence improved marginally in December but remained below -40 for the eighth month in a row, the first time this has happened since GfK began its records nearly 50 years ago.

The Index increased a meagre two points this month to -42, with three of the measures up, one down, and the other unchanged in comparison to the previous reading.

Joe Staton, Client Strategy Director at GfK, warned of a tough road ahead.

“Real wages are falling as inflation continues to bite hard, further straining the discretionary budget of many households as we enter the last few shopping days before Christmas,” he said

“The outlook for our personal financial situation over the next 12 months – perhaps the key metric as we enter a new year – is stuck at -29. And concerns about our economic future remain acute. As we enter the festive season, the Overall Index Score is still depressed and, with scant seasonal joy at present and no immediate prospect of fiscal good news, it is unlikely we will see a rebound in confidence anytime soon.”

December’s reading was the highest since July and the third consecutive monthly improvement in the index.

Over the past year, Britons have been hit by soaring prices that are stretching household budgets across the country. Energy prices jumped after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February and many consumers have been left with little money after paying for energy and food bills.

Since the survey began in 1974, the index had never fallen below minus 40 until May 2022, with the onset of double digit inflation. It has remained below that level, marking the most prolonged period of low confidence in almost half a century.

Inflation eased marginally to 10.7 per cent in November from a 41-year high of 11.1 per cent in October. Food inflation rose to 14.6 per cent, the highest since 1980.

Both the Bank of England and the Office for Budget Responsibility have forecast a prolonged recession as high inflation continues to hit households’ finances in 2023.

Linda Ellett, UK head of consumer, retail and leisure at KPMG, said that “whilst Christmas will bring some feel-good respite, the fundamentals that are driving this low consumer confidence will continue into the new year”.

The GfK survey, based on data collected over the first 10 days of December, showed that Britons’ confidence in their personal finances next year remained at the lowest level on record.

As a result, nearly two in three people have reduced non-essential spending and are using less energy in their homes, according to an ONS survey published on Thursday (15). Nearly half of the respondents said they were buying less food.

Staton said that with “no immediate prospect of fiscal good news, it is unlikely we will see a rebound in confidence any time soon”.

[citedesdames]

female artist playlist

this is a slightly adapted, alphabetised playlist of my spotify women’s playlist. Some you’ll know, some you won’t.

ADELE: Rolling In The Deep | Rumour Has It | bonus: Hello (Jimmy Fallon & The Roots clip)

ALLIE X: Susie Save Your Love (feat. Mitski)

ALTHEA AND DONNA: Uptown Top Ranking

ALYSS: Pyramid

AMYL AND THE SNIFFERS: GFY

AMY WINEHOUSE: Back To Black | You Know I’m No Good

ANA TIJOUX: 1977 | Shock | Somos Sur (feat. Shadia Mansour)

ANGIE STONE: Wish I Didn’t Miss You

ANITA WARD: Ring My Bell

ANNE-MARIE: Gemini

AZEALIA BANKS: 212

BEYONCE: Cuff It 

CARLY RAE JEPSEN: Emotion | Making The Most Of The Night

CANDI STATON: You Got The Love | Young Hearts Run Free

CAROLINE ROSE: Jeannie Becomes A Mom

CHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG: Deadly Valentine 

CHROMATICS: Cherry

CHVRCHES: Gun 

CLAIRO: 4Ever

COBRAH: Good Puss

DEMI LOVAWTO: Cool For The Summer

DOJA CAT: Woman

DUFFY: Mercy

ELLIE GOULDING: Lights

EMPRESS OF: I Don’t Even Smoke Weed

FLORENCE + THE MACHINE: Cosmic Love | Shake It Out

FLYLEAF: I’m So Sick

GIRLS ALOUD: Call The Shots

GIULIA TESS: I Feel You (feat. Ell Murphy)

HAIM: Forever

HAYLEY KIYOKO: Demons

IZÏA: Mon Coeur | La Vague

JANELLE MONÁE: Make Me Feel

JAPANESE BREAKFAST: Everybody Wants To Love You

JESSIE WARE: Soul Control | Spotlight | What’s Your Pleasure

JOY CROOKES: Feet Don’t Fail Me Now | When You Were Mine

KAILEE MORGUE: Medusa

KALI UCHIS: Dead To Me | Solita | Telepatía

KAREN O: Leopard’s Tongue | Turn The Light

KATE BUSH: Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)

THE KILLS: List of Demands

KILO KISH: American Gurl | Elegance | Nice Out 

KING PRINCESS: Prophet | Pussy Is God

LANA DEL REY: Blue Jeans

LAURYN HILL: Doo Wop (That Thing)

LEIKELI47: Money

LE TIGRE: Deceptacon

LITTLE SIMZ: Selfish

MADONNA: Hung Up | Like A Prayer

MEIKO KAJI: The Flower Of Carnage

M.I.A.: Sunshowers

MISSY ELLIOTT: 4 My People (feat. Eve) | Pass That Dutch

MITSKI: Nobody

MOANING LISA: Carrie (I Want A Girl)

MUNA: Number One Fan

NO DOUBT: Don’t Speak

PALE WAVES: There’s A Honey

PARAMORE: Ain’t It Fun | That’s What You Get

PRETTY SICK: Physical

PVRIS: Hallucinations

RAVYN LENAE: Sticky

RINA SAWAYAMA: Comme Des Garçons | XS

ROBYN: Dancing On My Own

SAMPA THE GREAT: Final Form

SHADIA MANSOUR: Al Kufiyyeh Arabeyyeh

SHIVAREE: Goodnight Moon

SHURA: The Stage

SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES: Hong Kong Garden

SUGABABES: Angels With Dirty Faces | More Than A Million Miles | Overload

SZA: Broken Clocks

TLC: No Scrubs

Tove Lo: Disco Tits

THE VERONICAS: Untouched

WARPAINT: So Good

WEYES BLOOD: Andromeda

WHITNEY HOUSTON: I Wanna Dance With Somebody

WILLOW: Star

WOLF ALICE: Don’t Delete The Kisses

YAEJI: Raingurl

YEAH YEAH YEAHS: Heads Will Roll 

ZARA LARSSON: Lush Life

[purgetrooperfox]

alright I'm back. country.

here's my yeehaw playlist if you want just. a collection of country, blues, and folk that I personally fw. a constant wip

artists and albums to check out and explore from to get started include but are not limited to

classics and can't misses

american iv -- johnny cash

highwayman -- willie nelson

moanin' the blues -- hank williams

a decade of hits -- the charlie daniels band

new beginning -- tracy chapman

evidence: the complete fame records masters -- candi staton

jolene -- dolly parton

gunfighter ballads and trail songs -- marty robbins

coming home -- leon bridges

boys & girls -- alabama shakes

some smaller names?

imaginary appalachia -- colter wall (I am obsessed with colter wall. he is so underrated)

riddy arman -- riddy arman

the very last day -- parker millsap

billy jack -- honeyhoney

a long life of living -- goodnight, texas

sugar & joy -- the dead south (stretching the definition of small here but whatever)

avalon -- the huntress and holder of hands

the covers -- shawn james & the shapeshifters (yes, covers, but they fuck severely. for orginals, try the dark & the light -- shawn james)

everything is fine -- amigo the devil

whiskey shivers -- whiskey shivers

salt for salt -- brown bird (bilgewater is one of my favorite songs full stop)

natchez -- bishop gunn

top hat crown & the clapmaster's son -- the band of heathens

there is no other (with francesco turrisi) -- rhiannon giddens

this is in no way comprehensive!

you'll notice that these bend definitions of genre. this is because music is so so cool and good and I don't feel the need to draw a hard line between country and blues if you don't listen to either. start here with an open mind and heart and you'll figure out the difference. I could go on this for ages so I'll stop myself here

I noticed some of your recent tags so what would you recommend for getting into country or rap?

first and foremost I am not an authority bestie

here's a great post with a good playlist to get you started on some late 80s-90s rap and here's just the playlist

^ saw that earlier today and 👍 if you just want some artists and albums I personally like, I'd point you toward

illmatic -- nas (you'll notice that this is a frequent recommendation if you ask a question like this)

changes -- tupac

la bella mafia -- lil kim

straight outta compton -- nwa

ready to die -- the notorious b.i.g.

shifting a little more modern here because the above playlist has what I'd rec from like '85-'00 pretty well covered

mmm...food -- mf doom

tha carter iii - v -- lil wayne

good kid m.a.a.d city -- kendrick lamar

to pimp a butterfly -- kendrick lamar

just go listen to kendrick I'm so serious

zuu -- denzel curry

summertime '06 -- vince staples

doris -- earl sweatshirt

12 odd future songs -- odd future

wolf -- tyler the creator

camp -- childish gambino

limbo -- aminé

my name is my name -- pusha t

4 your eyez only -- j. cole

run the jewels 3 -- run the jewels

all-amerikkkan bada$$ -- joey bada$$

that's all I've got on the fly. just listen to stuff idk rap is so diverse. tried to keep this to one album per artist and it was Not Easy to leave out so many greats

[garudabluffs]

Miko Marks & the Resurrectors - Hard Times (Official Performance Video)

How Black women reclaimed country and Americana music in 2021                                                    December 14, 2021

Videos LISTEN  READ MORE      https://www.npr.org/2021/12/14/1063781819/how-black-women-reclaimed-country-and-americana-music-in-2021    

Yasmin Williams                                                                                               Rissi Palmer                                                                                                          Camille Parker                                                                                                    Kathryn Shipley                                                                                                        Julie Williams                                                                                                     Ashlie Amber                                                                                                   Kären McCormick                                                                                            Amythyst Kiah                                                                                           Rhiannon Giddens                                                                                        Frankie Staton                                                                                                      Cleve Francis                                                                                                     Miko Marks                                                                                                            Valerie June                                                                                                          Sunny War                                                                                                            Queen Esther ​​                                                                                                          (Holly G, Adia Victoria)                                                                                          Allison Russell                                                                                                        Linda Martell                                                                                                          Joy Oladokun                                                                                                         Chaka Khan                                                                                                        Yola                                                                                                                  Tiera Chapel Hart                                                                                      [Lafemmebear]                                                                                                        Mickey Guyton                                                                                                         Adia Victoria                                                                                                         Lilli Lewis                                                                                                       Brittney Spencer                                                                                                Madeline Edwards                                                                                                   Carla Thomas                                                                                                    Kamara Thomas                                                                                                Kym Register

Alongside the multitude of artists and activists mentioned, these artists listed below also were impactful creatives in 2021: Ashlie Amber; Joy Clark; D'Orjay The Singing Shaman; Evil; Kam Franklin; Stephanie Jacques; Roberta Lea; Kären McCormick; Wendy Moten; Camille Parker; Lizzie No; Reyna Roberts; Sacha; Julie Williams.

[damnrightshow]

31. Aug ’21 Damn Right Show ~Tuesday Soul n’ Funk Selection 2 Hours~

 Tuesday show 2 hours Soul n' Funk is now uploaded on YouTube. Please enjoy vintage soul music and some of new vintage recorded recently.

 39 tunes selected for listeners of Mixcloud Live. Much thank you for tune in and leaving comments. 

I wanna know what tune you like in this playlist. 

Today is the last day of month, tomorrow is a new month, so I feel refresh to play records for you. Feel free to join the show.

"Love One Another" FRANKIE STATON AND SPECKLED RAINBOW (Speckled Raibow)

"The Whole World's A Picture Show" THE NEWCOMERS (Truth)

"Joy Trip Part 2" JERLINE AND FRIENDS (Traveller)

"Keep Your Burning" THE SHIDER FAMILY BAND (Headed Up)

"I Want Your Lovin'" BACKYARD CONSTRUCTION (B.Y.C.)

"Love Episode" STRIVERS SHOW BAND (Strivers)

"Shardarp" NOBODY'S CHILDREN (Twilight)

"Do The Whole Rock" THE MAGNIFICENTS (Ken Tone)

"Be My Friend" RIPPLE (GRC)

"World Full Of People" EVERYDAY PEOPLE (Brownstone)

"So Very Hard To Make It" PAUL BURTON (Music Go Round)

"I Will See You Through" ABI FARRELL (Big-AC)

"Can't Do This To Me" THE ESTIMATIONS (Kimberlite)

"Good Feeling" BETTYE SCOTT AND THE DEL-VETTS (Teako)

"What's Happening To Our Love Affair" DANNY HUNT (Dynamite)

"Such A Soul Says" THE THIRD PARTY (Soul Hawk)

"Gypsy Woman" LEE DAVID (Bell)

"Ain't Gonna Run" THE ROYAL ESQUIRES (Prix)

"My Young Misery" DARROW FLETCHER (Groovy)

"Help Me" ONYX (Super Disco Edits)

"Ready, Willing, Able" EDDIE HOLMAN (Soul Direction)

"The Marrying Kind" LEROY TAYLOR (Federal Green)

"You Better Think Twice" SHARON JONES (Desco)

"Party On The Moon" ODELL KNIGHT (Valiant)

"Looking Thru The Window" EDDIE BLACK SPEED (Watts City)

"I'm In Love With You" CAROL DIONNE (Gateway)

"Squeeze" ECSTACY (Star Chants)

"I'm In Debt To You" THE INNERSECTION (Group 5)

"Loveland" S.P.G. (Magick)

"Stay And Dance" NINA DUNN (FD)

"Let Me In" EBONEY ESSENCE (Goodie Train)

"I Don't Want that To Change" BIGGY TWIGGY BAND (Westmount)

"We're In Love" THE DECISIONS (Soul Direction)

"Don't Look Back" TOBIAS (Toby)

"Time Ain't Gonna Do Me No Favor" FREDERICK HYMES Ⅲ (Fab Vegas)

"Talkin' Bout Ya, Baby" THE MIGHTY MARVELOWS (Abc)

"If I Had A Chance To Love You" JIVE FYVE feat EUGENE PITT (Decca)

"Thinkin' About You" CARMY LOVE (Big AC)

"Woman Of The World" EMMA NOBLE (Cosmos Music)