Whether you like rap, rock, classical or country, you'll find your favorite music at the Thomas Crane Public Library in Quincy, MA.
Posted in R&B, Rap/Hip Hop, Rock/Pop, Soul on Feb 8th, 2011
Check Our Catalog “How can you not love Cee Lo? He’s a virtuoso rapper who has one of pop’s most unique singing voices. He’s a self-proclaimed lady-killer who’s roughly as tall as a mini-refrigerator and as broad as a Hummer. He wears pink suits. He put a song called “F*** You” in the Top 20. [...]
Check Our Catalog “Elements of psychedelic, Middle Eastern, and even Latin sounds have entered their mix, without sacrificing their dance party cachet.” –All Music Guide
Check Our Catalog “Local boy Eli “Paperboy” Reed isn’t so local anymore. Now based in Brooklyn instead of Brookline, Reed has been touring Europe for several months, satisfying that continent’s thirst for authentic American soul and R&B. And when it comes to lyrical soul vérité and scorching vocal performances that conjure greats from Sam Cooke [...]
Check Our Catalog “Not interested in playing merely roadhouse blues, Earl has, since the 1990s, built a steady stream of diverse, ambitious recordings marked by consistency and growth. This one is no exception. Spread the Love is easily among Earl’s most satisfying and groundbreaking recordings.” –All Music Guide
Check Our Catalog “It takes a healthy sense of humor to name an album “The Sellout’’ a decade into your career, long after the hits have dried up. Macy Gray, the saucy singer who gave us “I Try,’’ doesn’t undermine her integrity on her latest — the sellout in question is in service to love.” [...]
Posted in Soul on Oct 28th, 2010
Check Our Catalog “Midon has a nostalgic, classically mellow heart as he pines “Infinity takes no time at all these days.” Soul-meets-folk-meets-pop-with-a-touch-of-blues.” –All Music Guide
Posted in Jazz, New Orleans Blues, R&B, Soul on Oct 28th, 2010
Check Our Catalog “Shorty calls his music “supafunkrock,” and it’s an accurate term for the aural gumbo on this fingerpopping, butt-shakin’ mix set. It crackles and burns with an unburdened, unfettered, passionate live feel. Backatown is everything popular American music should be; yet it’s also what sets Andrews and Orleans Avenue, and New Orleans music [...]
Check Our Catalog “LaVette turns in Southern-soul renditions of tunes by such UK institutions as Pink Floyd, the Beatles, and Led Zeppelin. Yet if the title is straightforward, the music often isn’t, with LaVette teasing out new emotional details from songs that seemed to have given up all their secrets decades ago.” –The Boston Phoenix
Check Our Catalog “Return of the Ankh is a relief in that Badu does not attempt to trump herself with a set that is even more intense and powerful than its predecessor…designed for instant kicked-back enjoyment.” –All Music Guide
Posted in Soul on May 20th, 2010
Check Our Catalog “Since so few acts in the new millennium attempt the old-school soul that’s the specialty of Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings, it may be easy to assume that they’re heralded simply because of their rarity: although they certainly sound like plenty of acts from back then, they’re praised because nobody else [...]
Check Our Catalog “This is hardcore, raw, unvarnished music that aims straight for the pelvis. Throw James Brown, Sam & Dave, and Wilson Pickett into a deep fryer and you’re close to Lewis’ knockout vocal attack. Fun, frisky, lascivious, and impossible to stay seated to, Black Joe Lewis has successfully tapped into a hip-shaking old-school [...]
Check Our Catalog “These songs are so melodically strong, and the performances so consistently inspired, that the album reaffirms your hope that someone is still crafting music as raw, rootsy, and furiously funky as this for a contemporary market…that makes this an indispensable addition to any soul lover’s collection, regardless of age or demographic.” –All [...]
Check Our Catalog “From north to south, and east to west, the soul revival rolls on. In the case of Deep Street Soul, that would be deep south, as in Australia. The band’s self-titled debut is a primarily instrumental offering that is unapologetically backward-looking, an homage that combines formidable chops with a relentless intensity from [...]
Check Our Catalog “A smart, sharp little sugar high, with Brown working her slightly scuffed vocals over zippy, high-gloss arrangements loaded with ear-candy detail.”–Los Angeles Times
Check Our Catalog “[Benson] is, after all, perhaps the greatest jazz guitarist of all time, as well as a soulfully groovy R&B and pop master. In truth, it’s time for his entire audience to realize he’ll probably never focus on just one aspect of his art any more, but this recording comes as close as [...]
Check Our Catalog “The queen of hip-hop soul splits her loyalty between three masters with the agility of a gymnast, but she manages to hold a mood with seamless transitions between each.”–Boston Globe
Check Our Catalog “These dozen tracks continue to reveal [Stone's] versatility as a vocalist and recording artist; she can sing whatever it is she wants to with equal verve, authenticity, and flair.”–All Music Guide
Check Our Catalog “On the powerful single “Can’t Hardly Wait,” the gritty soul singer expresses self-aggravation over her inability to cut loose a trifling lover. It’s just one of the powerful gems on the charismatic Dallas native’s Pink Elephant.”–All Music Guide
Check Our Catalog “She continues to hit each note with the precise amount of retro pomp that one would expect, and there are again moments when the ’70s soul love affair gets a little carried away.”–Billboard.com
Check Our Catalog “Inspired by discovering that some of her family roots are in New Orleans, a city with which she has long felt a deep spiritual connection, Teena Marie frames Congo Square around the Crescent City. It’s her third solid album of the decade. Like her two prior albums, Congo Square is a long, [...]