Stevie Wonder

24 January 2010 By Lyov 0 In Pop, R&B, Soul

Conversation Peace

Conversation Peace is made up of love songs in the key of life and life songs in the key of love, just like all the other records Stevie Wonder has made for the past 20 years. What changes, as he gets older, is just how much love he’s willing to bring to a life that doesn’t seem to be getting any better. 1995 means drive-by shootings, gang wars and homelessness in the urban milieu that has always been Wonder’s lyrical home. But where he once got downright angry in “Big Brother,” or reporterly and objective in “Living For The City,” Wonder is now reaching out to his fellow man and spreading his love around. He gets murdered in both verses of the funky “My Love Is With You,” and responds with bouncy pop choruses, a message to “spread the love I’ve given,” and, only at the song’s tail end, a plea to “ban the hand gun.” This is the idea of love conquering all taken to an extreme....

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Conversation Peace, Funk, motown, Pop, rnb, Soul, Stevie Wonder

Andrea Bocelli

30 November 2009 By Lyov 0 In Pop

Amor (Spanish Version)

A voice like Andrea Bocelli’s only comes along every generation or so, (if that) Caruso, Lanza, Pavarotti and Now Bocelli; They are my big 4. Not only does Bocelli have wonderful opera skills, but also tremendous pop singing skills, as well. As for classical singing; Bocelli’s breath control is amazing; no one holds high, mid, and low notes (sang either intensely or softly) as long as Bocelli does. His diction is excellent; His tone is wonderful; His color is right in sink to the song being performed, dark or light, and all shads around those as needed. He has that tenor ring that can rise up over an orchestra, he sings just beautifully. As for his pop singing again it’s spectacular; Bocelli can sing a pop song either in a classical way, or a bluesy way or almost anyway. He has tremendous versatility, I would rank him right at the top of pop singing for all time. Bocelli can sing big, bold, intense and beautiful, or can show us a soft side it seems like he is singing in one’s ear, very sweetly and beautiful. ...

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Amor (Spanish Version), Andrea Bocelli, Chris Botti, Christina Aguilera, classical, Italian, Kenny G, male vocalists, Mario Reyes, opera, Pop, Stevie Wonder

Stevie Wonder

21 August 2009 By Lyov 0 In Jazz, R&B, Soul

A Time To Love

On his first studio album since 1995’s CONVERSATION PIECE, R&B legend Stevie Wonder revisits familiar ground from earlier eras in his career while keeping with contemporary pop sounds. Although certain tracks conjure up the vibe of early Wonder … Full Descriptionoutings (the funky “Please Don’t Hurt My Baby” and the sunny, upbeat “Positivity,” which features additional vocals by his daughter Aisha Morris), other tunes (the smooth “From the Bottom of My Heart” and the romantic “Passionate Raindrops”) recall his more polished ’80s period....

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Jazz, R&B, Soul, Stevie Wonder