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/