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Ronald Isley of The Isley Brothers performs onstage during the Summertime in the LBC music festival on July 7, 2018 in Long Beach, Calif.
With entire generations worth of hits between them, a pair of ageless soul-funk outfits shared the Verzuz stage on Sunday night (Apr. 4), in a battle and mutual celebration of their respective catalogues of classics.
Sunday s matchup between The Isley Brothers and Earth, Wind & Fire was matched in Verzuz history perhaps only by the September lovefest between Patti LaBelle and Gladys Knight in terms of decade-spanning ranges of smashes with Earth, Wind & Fire s hitmaking career dating back to the early 70s, and the Isleys dating all the way back to the late 50s for their Shout breakthrough. Listening through their dozens of gems alongside one another was almost like a tour through funk, soul, pop and rock history, with countless trends both reflected and forecasted by the hits played.
Ramsey Lewis
Sun Goddess 2000 - Ramsey Lewis, Lind, Jon
Cold and Windy
Secret Place
Les Fleur - Ramsey Lewis, Stepney, Charles
Just a Little Lovin - Ramsey Lewis, Logan, Michael [1]
Hearts of Fire
W. Anders (5 out of 5 stars) Well I m very surpriced nobody has reviewed this CD because it is truly great. The melodies are great and thre music is always full of ideas and never gets into the muzac trap . This is the Cd to just put on and jam for an hour! I ve had it since it was new and never get tired of it. A lot of the songs are remakes I figured out but it does not sound like tired remakes to me. The mostly electric band puts on a great job and the female backing vocals are oh so sexy! A lot more shagadelic than easy listening ;-)
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Marina City s new Baby
For Marina City, it s time to make a few changes. And the first of three singles Friday s release of Trust Fund Baby is only the start.
The song, a pop-heavy number that dives deep into the miscues and miscommunications of modern dating and relationships, is the reveal to a year of the band s efforts to revamp, rebrand and redirect the band s trajectory since releasing The Crush album in early 2020. Just a couple years ago, when we were writing The Crush, we knew we wanted to change the sound. We knew we wanted to experiment with stuff. We knew we wanted to go bigger, said Ryan Argast, Marina City s lead vocalist.