Slow Jam Sundays: Raheem DeVaughn – Ask Yourself…

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November 8th, 2009

Wooooo! Another beautiful voice that reminds me of one from the past. Raheem DeVaughn is a self proclaimed “R&B hippie neo-soul rock star” but to me….his voice sounds like smooth creamy melted chocolate.  His melodies are so very effortless….he slips in an out of falsetto forcing comparisons to D’Angelo (I miss him…) and Donny Hathaway [...]

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I Want To Be Here: Pongwe Beach Hotel – Zanzibar…

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November 3rd, 2009

My god I love Facebook.  I just reconnected with my most favorite teacher Ms. Dersch.  In high school, she helped me channel my talkativeness into a love for debate, public speaking and radio & TV announcing.  At any rate, she is still teaching but ALSO she is a total travel bug.  Her recent jaunt was [...]

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Slow Jam Sundays: Jodeci – “Stay”…

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November 1st, 2009

Ahhh Jodeci….the quintessential thug boy band that could blow.  Something about their voices (K-Ci sounds SO MUCH like Bobby Womack to me) and their strange thugged out look (so 90′s…SO Puffy) And even though all of them (especially K-Ci) looked like crackheads that weighed approximately 85 pounds soaking wet, we still LOVED their music. I [...]

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