The fact that it is her best known song and a standard is irrelevant; it's a classic track and another platform for that voice!
Showing posts with label Minnie Riperton. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Minnie Riperton. Show all posts
Sunday, March 07, 2010
Saturday, March 06, 2010
Rise and Shine soul! Minnie Riperton part 5
"Extremity in rhythm, yeah that's what you heard.
So just clean out
your ears and just check the word"
So just clean out
your ears and just check the word"
Friday, March 05, 2010
Rise and Shine soul! Minnie Riperton part 4
oh yes! Covered and sampled by many; epic! Charles Stephney deserves respect here too as usual!
Wednesday, March 03, 2010
Rise and Shine soul! Minnie Riperton part 2
People don't realise how important she was not just in soul music. She was also one of the first public figures to spread awareness of Breast Cancer, which took her at a ridiculous young age of 31
What a woman, and what a voice!
What a woman, and what a voice!
Tuesday, March 02, 2010
Rise and shine soul! Minnie Riperton
It's Minnie Riperton all week; from her best album, a track that rarely receives credit-wise words too
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
One for the late night crew! Minnie Riperton
One for the late night crew
This is my shit under-rated singer with the voice of an angel
This is my shit under-rated singer with the voice of an angel
Tuesday, June 02, 2009
One for the late night crew! Minnie Riperton
One of my favourite singers and and a gem from an under-rated album that A Tribe Called Quest rinsed out more than once ("Inside My Love" formed the crucial sample on "Lyrics to Go"). An amazing voice (one of the greatest vocal ranges) and indeed an amazing career, sadly cut short by breast cancer, at the age of only 31. Minnie became a spokesperson for Breast Cancer and helped educate many on the illness before her death. Stevie Wonder, for whom she sang backing vocals with on "Ordinary Pain", was one of the last people to visit her and she was listening to a recording he made her her as she died. The story of the iconic album cover is impressive too (find it on youtube), but the really impressive legacy of Minnie Riperton is her amazing music.
Tribe
Tribe
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
New disco mix
My Blog List
About Me
- StevieG
- I'm a DJ from Cork in Ireland. I work with RedFM, presenting Red Drive, The Hitlist and my specialist show, Black on Red. I'm probably best known for being one of the main hip-hop/soul DJ's in Cork and Ireland. I've been DJing in Cork since the early 90's in legendary clubnights such as Sweat in Sir Henrys, Mor Disco, Free La Funk, Yo Latino and also Jam and Jam Junior at the Savoy and the Pavilion. I've also held down long term residencies at clubs around Ireland such as Brown Sugar at the Kitchen in Dublin, U-Turn at Ri Ra in Dublin, Jazz Juice at the GPO in Galway, Thompson Garage in Belfast, the Soul Clinic, Dee-Bop, Meltdown and Mo Bounce in Limerick and i've played abroad in the United States and the U.K. on numerous occasions. I also write a music column for the Evening Echo and i'm a regular contributor to the U.K.'s Blues and Soul, the longest running black music magazine in the world. These days i run the Pavilion, a music venue in Cork, which hosts my Jam night every few Fridays http://www.pavilioncork.com also you can catch me at http://djstevieg.podomatic.com