Remember that song? “Music..makes me feel good…all the tiiiimmmme.” Or this one? “Music makes me lose control”. Music moves me. It calms me down, it hypes me up, it frames almost ever single event in my life. I love, love, love music…good music. My favorites? R&B, Soul, Neo-Soul. I can get with Hip-Hop, some rap, heck even a little rock/roll and country. Anywho, here’s some stuff that has me sanging loud and dancing as of late….

Jill Scott, ““Hate on Me” - First of all, it’s JILL SCOTT. Hello?! This song is pure FIYAH!! I love the fact that Jill wraps a message in her music. Can’t wait for the CD to drop.

Musiq Soulchild, “Teach Me” - I blogged about this not long ago. The concept of that song, the theory of it is tiptoeing up my spine, kissing the back of my neck & whispering some sweet stuff in my ear.

Eve, “Tambourine” - It must be the beat. I found myself blasting this song yesterday while running errands. Not sold on the video but I can listen to this a few times over.

Kelly Rowland (ft. Eve), “Like That” - Now this is DEFINITELY about the beats.

Regina Belle… Remember her? I love her voice & she’s been missing from the scene for a while now. A couple of weeks back I heard what I think is a new song. How irritated am I that I can’t remember the name or where I wrote it down??

Plunky, “Drop”: Plunky is straight out of Richmond V-A. “Plunky and the Oneness of JuJu”. I hear the name of that band and flash back to warm summer nights in Dogwood Dell.

Chuck Brown, “Block Party” - Chuck has to be 900 years old right? But he’s still stirring up some Go-Go. There’s another song of his, or him on someone else’s song that is even better than “Block Party” but again, it escapes me at the moment.

What else is in heavy rotation in my CD player?

Eric Roberson - every single one of his CDs. Had the opportunity to see him perform live a couple of times. Love it.

Amy Winehouse, “Back to Black”. Ecletic. Just up my alley.

Joss Stone….a friend of mine says there oughta be a law against someone that young and that white to have all that soul. Ain’t that nothing? LOL

Keit Young…yes, “KEIT”…no “H” cause apparently his name ain’t “Keith”. He’s got that Van Hunt, Maxwellish, Prince-ish vibe.

Normally my friends & I attend the Capital Jazz Festival in Maryland. We looked over the performers and decided to pass this year. *Sigh* We rarely go to the Jazz Festival in Hampton. It’s cool but two very different vibes. The Maryland Festival is an outdoor thing, and lasts from 10am-midnight. Since it’s at Merriweather, there are two stages at all times. Hampton’s festival is indoors and last about the same amount of time as a “regular” concert.

I was tempted to go this year. Why? Jill Scott. But I never really paid attention to it. I knew Jill would be there along with Patti Labelle, Frankie Beverly/Maze. The promos have been playing for quite some time. Why is it that until last week, I had no idea that Peabo Bryson was going to be there? Now in case you don’t know, I love Peabo Bryson. I don’t know why. There is just something about a Peabo Bryson ballad that stops me in my tracks. Literally.

So, I’m talking music with a friend who happens to like a lot of the same artists that I do. Cool stuff right? So, I tell him that I can’t believe I didn’t realize Peabo would be at the Jazz festival…on the same night as Jill Scott!! And do you know what this friend did? Ladies & Gentleman, I present to you Exhibit A:

“I found this just the other day…..
These are the original Twelve Steps as defined by Peaboholics Anonymous:
1. We admitted we were powerless over Peabo—that our lives had become unmanageable.
2. Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could eliminate thoughts of peabo and restore us to sanity.
3. Made a decision to rid of Peabo and turn our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.
4. Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves that Peabo is not singing to us and only us.
5. Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature wanting Peabo.
6. Were entirely ready to have God remove all thoughts of Peabo which defects character.
7. Humbly asked Him to remove all Peabo posters, cd’s, dvd’s, LP’s, Cassette Tapes and photos.
8. Made a list of all persons we had harmed, hoodwinked, & bambozzled just to get Peabo tickets.
9. Made direct amends to such people, and hoped they understood that we are peaboholics.
10. Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.
11. Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His Will for us and the power to overcome the power of Peabo.
12. Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to Peaboholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.”

Falling down on my knees, shaking my fists at the sky, “Oh wretched friend who would dare mock the purity of my love for Peabo!”

Oh but said friend best be glad I appreciate a good laugh, poetry, and dimples. Hmph!

Happy Friday ya’ll!

Live DELICIOUSLY!

J