Today’s Artist
Yolanda Adams 1961 –
Your words have the power to change your life.
Yolanda Adams turned gospel into a Grammy-winning conversation between heaven and earth. Her voice moves from a whisper to a roar without breaking stride. She brought contemporary production to gospel without losing the reverence, and she remains the standard that every modern gospel singer measures themselves against. More →
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Who Did It Better
Killing Me Softly
1973 Roberta Flack
1996 Lauryn Hill
Roberta Flack sang about being seen too clearly. Lauryn Hill took the observation of a man reading her soul and made it a generation anthem. The audience grew from a room to the whole world listening in headphones, alone in the dark, through every word.
Today’s Record
Oh Girl
Oh, girl, I'd be in trouble if you left me now
'Cause I don't know where to look for love
A man expresses heartache and confusion after losing his partner. He feels lost and uncertain without her presence. Loneliness weighs heavily on him every day. The song captures the vulnerability of needing someone and the deep emptiness that follows their absence.
Today’s Theme
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You’re Kidding, Right
Linda Jones vomited before every show from fear and gripped the mic so hard her knuckles went white. That crushing tension created her famous screaming vocal style -- every note a battle between terror and talent.
The fear that would have destroyed most singers made Linda Jones unforgettable.
Soul in the Movies
Crooklyn 1994
Spike Lee set Crooklyn in 1970s Brooklyn and the soundtrack is a love letter to the soul and funk that raised him. The film is semi-autobiographical -- a family of seven crammed into a brownstone, five kids, two parents, one neighborhood that pulses like a second character. The J.B.'s' 'Pass the Peas' opens the film over a montage of brownstones, block parties, and open fire hydrants.
Pass the peas. The film was serving. 