18.8.14

ZanYe'

I am sure by now most people are aware we lost a music industry giant last week in Mr Henry Stone, he was 93 yrs old. Not gonna bore you with pages of statistics regarding Henry's career but over the years he launched in excess of 100 record labels and generated over 100 million record sales...and yes, I that did say a 100 million record sales! Henry and people like the Chess brothers along with Ahmet Hertegun, Jerry Wexler , Al Bell, Berry Gordy, Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff came way before the major corporations showed any interest in black music as a business, Henry was the man who took James Brown to King records, he was also a major player in the early years of Ray Charles career.

He went on to form his own distribution company's unheard of at that time,  they handled product for Motown, Atlantic and pretty much every other independent label at that time. It was Henry's T K Record label along with it's subsidiaries like Glades and Alston that created that whole Miami sound, with artist's like Betty Wright, Latimore, George McCrae,  K C & The Sunshine Band, Timmy Thomas and a host of others got there first breaks via Stone. Henry was a man of vision and will assured his place in popular music history...Be at Peace Mr Henry Stone. I will be featuring some music from his vast legacy in this weeks show. [in a gray colour]

Featured artist this week is a young lady from Detroit, Michigan, ZanYe' [Reece], it's her second album "Conversations" that has just hit the streets. An album full of emotion and is obviously very personal to her life! If you like your soul with meaning this one's for you. Other new music this week comes from rising stars Ingram Street who album is due soon and I will also be dipping into The Revelations latest "Cost Of Living" and a track from Club Nouveau new album "Consciousness," so sit back and enjoy and please share the Science Of Soul links with friends - thanks.
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Sunday's playlist 17-08-2014


Hour One (Gray = Henry Stone)
The Controllers - Listen To The Children
B. Grant - Who Are You Going To Love
Zalmac - See What Your Love As Done
The Revelations - Mama
Club Nouveau - I'm So Happy
ZanYe' - Mistake + Conversations
Ingram Street - Don't Disturb The Groove
Wilson Pickett - The Best Part Of A Man
Bobby Caldwell - What You Wouldn't Do For Love
Timmy Thomas - Why Cant We Live Together
Betty Wright - The Best Girls Don't  Always Win
Gwen McCrae - Love Without Sex

Hour Two (Orange = Tribute LP)
ZaNye' - I'm Gonna Keep You
Williams Brothers - Still Here (Gospel-Spot)
William DeVaughn - You Can Do It
Melting Pot - All This Love
The Notations - Just Me & You
Gerald Levert - Your Smile
Enchantment - Silly Love Song
Johnny Bristol - Do It To My Mind
Heaven Sent & Ecstasy - Were Together Again
Al Green - Strong As Death (Sweet As Love)
Jerry Butler - Just Because I Really Love You
Shirley Brown - If This Is Goodbye
The Chi-Lites - Living In The Footsteps Of Another Man


ZanYe's Biography:
ZanYé (pronounced: ZAHN-yay) is not afraid to be real. She had a difficult childhood. She’s raising a family. She knows marriage takes work. And she’s lost a loved one to tragedy. She’s learned we don’t go through life alone, and the only way to cope is to be real. She also knows the flip side to hard times is joy. And to get there, and stay there, sometimes we have to talk things out. “Conversations,” her new SoundThought Recordings release is about relationships, the good, the bad; relationships with life, and romantic relationships – what it takes to stay in one, and keep the fire burning. As her second CD, there was no better time than now for “Conversations.” “It’s a project of healing, of real life experiences, and real relationship experiences,” says the singer. Her aim was to create songs that are counter to a lot of the music of the day. Music that, in her impression somewhat glorifies the “’I don’t need you’ concept. That’s just not realistic,” she says. So ZanYé offers what she says are songs that dive below the surface and sing of the all too well-known emotions of what love really is in “Crazy Love,” “Extra Ordinary,” “I’m Gonna Keep Ya,” and “Mistake.” And tracks that bounce back up and make you want to dance for the sheer joy of living like “Feels Like Rain,” “Keep It Moving,” and “Celebrate.”  More @ http://www.zanyemusic.com/

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