"Aotearoa has an AMAZING soul sound. when infused with dub and roots it makes for a real wicked combo. Hollie Smith has many elements in her music that make her awesome and unlike any other artist on the music scene. she would kill accapella (spelling?). i'm a huge fan of accapalla because it's the soul in the artist that wins you over with their lyrics & emotion, & not just a catchy hook.
her track "bathe in the river" blew me away when i first heard it, because there wasn't anything current that was like it. she has a quality in her music, not just her voice, that exudes SOULful. she could sing "there's a brown girl in the rain" and pull it off with soul and integrity. she makes beautiful music...."
"soul....what is soul?....soul is another one of those four letter words that invokes strong, personal, emotionally-loaded and long-winded responses; with very little room for interpretation and a lot of hot air!
soul is intangible and indescribable, yet we all try to name it? for me, soul LIVES in music!
music is a way of expressing the soul. in its purist form, music has the power to transcend our souls, and lift us mere mortals from our sometimes, shitty and ordinary lives....it allows us to share in an artists' emotion or experience....it allows us to feel....to be connected....to heal....to escape....to imagine...! soul....
SEE! didn't i tell ya, it's one of those four letter words which invokes emotionally-loaded and long-winded responses!!..esp for a music junkie!...PICK ME....PICK ME!"
on Hollie Smith 4 years ago
on Mary J. Blige: CANCELLED 4 years ago