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Terisa Griffin is two decades into a career that has included time as a background singer, an indie soul leader and even as a successful contestant on NBC’s ‘The Voice’, Griffin is a vocal powerhouse who has been hidden in plain sight for many adult soul fans. Successfully capturing both the musical vibe and the glamor of the Golden Age of female soul singers, the Chicago-based chanteuse is a reminder of […]

If you missed Tony Jazz in conversation with vocal sensation Linda Murial last week, catch it on the rewind via Mixcloud. An interesting discussion about where Linda was born, family background, music career, her time with Brand New Heavies. Incognito, JTQ, Galliano and Julian Jonah. They also discuss her solo career, the UK jazz funk/soul club scene during the 1980s, artists she would have liked to work with as well […]

The pirate that changed British radio In 1981 Rita Marley’s brother Leroy Anderson aka Lepke launched the Dread Broadcasting Corporation (DBC), Europe’s first dedicated black music station. Frustrated by the lack of airtime for reggae music in the UK, Lepke setup a mast in his back garden and began to broadcast to a small area of West London every Sunday afternoon. DBC soon expanded to cover all styles of black […]