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Lynn White soul and blues diva
Lynn White
Memphis soul and blues diva Lynn White possessed the kind of subtle, dulcet voice rare in a field typically dominated by more gritty singers. Born August 6, 1953 in Mobile, Alabama, White was six years old when she began singing in church, and began her professional career during the late '70s, making her debut in 1981 with Am I Too Much Woman for You.
A year later, she recorded the single "I Don't Ever Want to See Your Face Again" for the tiny Sho Me label; the record made its way to legendary producer Willie Mitchell (best known for his work with Al Green), who reissued it on his Waylo Records imprint and soon after brought White in for a studio session. She remained with Waylo for the duration of the 1980s, but with the new decade formed her own label, Chelsea, and released The New Me in 1990. Home Girl followed in 1991, and two years later White returned with Cheatin'. Two more 90s LPs appeared before White seemingly disappeared from the Soul music scene.
LYNN WHITE - SORRY - FULL ALBUM - DEEP SOUL - 1985
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Sunday, July 14, 2019
The War and Treaty
The War and Treaty
Composed of Michael and Tanya Trotter, the duo blends roots music, bluegrass, folk, gospel and soul to create a unique sound. But they didn’t always perform together; Michael wrote a few songs for Tanya and her brother, but when her brother couldn’t make a rehearsal, Michael stepped up.
“Michael and I heard how our voices sounded together on the song he wrote for my brother and I, and we were looking at each other like, ‘This is really good!,’” said Tanya. “We weren’t dating at the time, just working together, but we ended up getting married. Two or three years later, people were telling us to sing a song together. So we ended up singing our songs together at church, and the people were so amazed by it.”
Michael and Tanya Trotter took distinctly different paths to becoming The War and Treaty.
After winning a talent show when she was 13, Tanya knew singing would be her life. Growing up in a tight-knit community just outside of Washington, D.C., Tanya had a voice that was already hinting at the force it’d become: honeyed and bold, guttural but angelic. She’d discovered writing, too, and every blank space was an opportunity. “My mom would come into my room late at night and catch me reading books and writing, with a flashlight,” Tanya says, laughing. “I used to write on everything––envelopes, everything.”
Michael started writing later, and for different reasons. He spent part of his childhood in Cleveland before moving with his mother, brother, and sister to Washington, D.C. The family spent time in and out of homeless shelters––a limbo Michael would experience again as an adult. He was 19 when his first daughter, Michaela, was born. “She was the first thing I felt that I’d done right––my little girl,” he says. “I joined the army for her.” Michael enlisted in the United States Army in 2003, two years after 9/11. “I didn’t know it was wartime,” he says. “People say, ‘How do you not know that?’ Well, in the neighborhood I grew up in, we weren’t patriotic. No one cared––that’s rich people’s news. Meanwhile, someone I know just got shot yesterday.”
But what Michael did know was that as a soldier, he felt proud––then scared. He was sent to Iraq, where leaders who outranked him saw the fear in his eyes and treated him not as an underling, but as a brother. Stationed in one of Saddam Hussein’s rubbled palaces, he had access to a piano that had emerged miraculously unscathed. A captain heard him play and sing with his once-in-a-generation volcano of a voice, and he encouraged Michael to pursue music. When that same captain was killed, Michael sat down to write––really write––for the first time.
Officers noticed the tribute, pulled Michael from the front lines, and gave him a new charge: write and perform songs for the fallen. So whenever a brother or sister in arms died, Michael spoke to buddies, uncovered the story, and penned a song for the memorial. It was a heavy burden that also made him safer. “I remember, I would walk from one point to another, imagining people were chanting my name––imagining a concert that had nothing to do with death,” he says.
When Michael returned home, he was booked on a festival that also featured Tanya Blount. After his set, Tanya approached him and asked if he’d written his songs. He had. The two exchanged numbers, but Michael, battle-weary, scarred, and daunted by Tanya’s beauty, couldn’t understand why she’d want anything to do with him. “I threw her number away because I had a lot of insecurities that I still have. I thought, ‘Who would want to be with a guy who went to war?’”
Tanya didn’t wait on him. She called Michael, and the two became inseparable. Today, they’re married and have created a six-year-old son and a powerhouse duo. When The War and Treaty stepped up to fill an ill Buddy Miller’s spot at the 2017 Americana Music Festival & Conference, jaws at the Cannery Ballroom in Nashville collectively dropped. Just as anticipation surrounding Healing Tide is more than high, the music on the record is more than just sublime roots soul. It’s part of a mission.
Originally from the Washington DC area, the Trotters stumbled upon Albion after getting lost while driving to Indiana. After spending a night at the Days Inn to rest, they decided to explore the Albion area. After talking to a few people and searching for a home they liked, the couple moved to Albion and fell in love with the small town.
“Michael is a two-time award winner, and so what we wanted was a small town where we could raise our son and a place that’s quite peaceful and quiet,” said Tanya. “We landed here and fell in love with it.”
The War and Treaty: Healing songs
The War and Treaty- Are You Ready To Love Me
The War and Treaty - Millennium Stage (December 10, 2017)
Wednesday, March 6, 2019
Monday, December 17, 2018
Nancy Wilson Greatest Hits Full Album - Nancy Wilson Best Songs 2018 HD
Famed singer Nancy Wilson died this past Thursday Dec.13,2018,at her home in Pioneertown, Calif. at the age of 81, Ms. Wilson had been ill for some time. Nancy Wilson was an American singer with more than 70 albums, and three Grammy Awards. She has been labeled a singer of blues, jazz, cabaret and pop; a "consummate actress"; and "the complete entertainer."
Monday, April 2, 2018
Talib Kweli - Push Thru ft. Kendrick Lamar, Curren$y
Talib Kweli - Push Thru ft. Kendrick Lamar, Curren$y
Music video by Talib Kweli performing Push Thru (feat. Kendrick Lamar and Curren$y). (P) (C) 2012 Blacksmith Music. All rights reserved. Unauthorized reproduction is a violation of applicable laws. Manufactured by EMI Label Services,
Monday, September 19, 2016
Minnie Riperton- Inside My Love
Minnie Riperton- Inside My Love
Two people, just meeting
Barely touching each other
Two spirits greeting
Trying to carry it further
You are one
And I am another
We should be one
Inside each other
You can see inside me
Will you come inside me?
Do you wanna ride inside my love?
You can see inside me
Will you come inside me?
Do you wanna ride inside my love?
Two strangers, not strangers
Only lacking the knowing
So willing, feeling, infinite growing
While we're here
The whole world is turning
We should be one
Fulfilling our yearning
You can see inside me
Will you come inside me?
Do you wanna ride inside my love?
You can see inside me
Will you come inside me?
Do you wanna ride inside my love?
You can see inside me
Will you come inside me?
Do you wanna ride inside my love?
You can see inside me
Will you come inside me?
Do you wanna ride inside my love?
You can see inside me
Will you come inside me?
Do you wanna ride inside my love?
Songwriters
WARE, LEON/RIPERTON, MINNIE/RUDOLPH, RICHARD
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Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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