Forget Regret ~ Roy Hargrove’s RH Factor featuring Stephanie McKay
“Your sugar, your fear
your touch, your hair
your voice, your whisper
your moan, your prayer
your hair, your step
your spin, your care
your voice, your heat, your light
your stare….
I don’t want to be free, if it means that I’ll be
without you, baby
without you, baby
I just want you to see, how much you mean to me
I really love you”
Tell me that ain’t just….tasty.
(Source: youtu.be)
A little more than 2 years ago, I decided to gon’ & pursue my passion for music by officially hittin’ the stage and writing music. No more karaoke & shower singing for me (well…that’s not true, I still do both…lol)! It’s been an amazing journey; I’ve had the opportunity to work with really good musicians and artists.
One thing you should know about me: once I get my mind on something, I give it 100%! I’ve established Soultry Entertainment, my 2-sided approach to music.
Side One is live music. My band “SOULTRY ft Karen Beard”, performs locally & regionally singing cover tunes of some of you favorite R & B, Blues & jazz classics and forgotten gems. SOULTRY is a collaborative project. I have assemble a team of musicians on the ready to play depending on the gig. If it’s a blues set, my strongest blues musician work. If it’s jazz, we take the strongest jazz folk. You get the picture. My theory: Always give the people your BEST. Everybody wins. We’ve played some awesome venues and our last show was SRO.
Side Two, SoultryEnt is the “behind the scenes” songwriting, composing and arranging. “Real.Soulful.Music.” is the simple company concept and it tells you everything you need to know about what we do!
In fact, this month, SoultryEnt helped create The Soul Rising Collective, comprised of RokkMass Entertainment, The Foundation and SoultryEnt. This Collective, which includes, producers, arrangers, composers, song-writers, vocalists, DJ’s and more, will serve as a musical “one stop shop” for artists and musicians looking to make some damn good music! Again, my theory: Always give the people your best.
Keep your eye out for us…..I’ll be sure to get more info out…SOON.
It’s no secret that I LOVE me some Chaka Khan. Her dramatic, contralto 3 octave (at least) vocal range never ceases to spit fire and give life to a song.
I’d be hard pressed to identify a single song of hers as my favorite, but BY FAR, my favorite album is her 2nd solo album “Naughty”. There isn’t a song on that album that fails to get repeat play when I put it in my ears!
Like now…I’ve always been a fan, as I take a leap of faith and join The Soul Rising Collective (tell ya bout THAT later…), I find myself a STUDENT of her work and specifically, the Naughty album.
With killer horn and string sections, sultry basslines (yeah…Marcus Miller’s sexy, chocolate ass…mmmmphf. Sorry….I digress…) and background vocals that ease in & out of melodies (and include Luther Vandross & a young Whitney Houston) this album could & should make a music lover outta just about ANYONE!
Anwho, …that’s what I was thinkin’…
I highly suggest you go out and OWN this album…but in the meantime, enjoy them here:
1 Clouds - written by Ashford & Simpson
2 Get Ready, Get Set
3 Move Me No Mountain
4 Nothing’s Gonna Take You Away
5 So Naughty
6 Too Much Love
7 All Night’s All Right
8 What You Did
9 Papillon (A.K.A. Hot Butterfly)
10 Our Love’s in Danger