As a music nerd and lover, I will admit that I never thought I would have a Willie Nelson CD in my collection. Nothing personal against the legendary musician, but country music is not my favorite musical genre. However, I have learned as a reader (and writer) that...
Marion’s Favorites: Off The Wall Documentary
by MHill | Jul 22, 2021 | Marion's Favorites, Movie Reviews, Music Reviews, Wisdom From Kammbia Column
Questlove Supreme is one of my favorite podcasts and I have been listening to his backlist episodes over the past few weeks. I recently heard the podcast with Spike Lee and they were discussing his career. Spike mentions the Off The Wall Documentary as one of his...
Marion’s Favorites: A Twist of Marley
by MHill | Mar 28, 2021 | Marion's Favorites, Music Reviews, Wisdom From Kammbia Column
Sometimes you can find good music in an unexpected place. A few years ago, I found this CD in a used bookstore section of music for three dollars. I don't know why I bought the CD. I have to admit that I'm not a reggae fan. What??? Marion, are you serious? ...
Marion’s Favorites: Ain’t Nobody Worryin by Anthony Hamilton
by MHill | Mar 20, 2021 | Marion's Favorites, Music Reviews, Wisdom From Kammbia Column
Anthony Hamilton is my favorite male R&B singer post the year 2000 (John Legend gets an honorable mention). I will admit that my favorite R&B music is from the late 1970s-early 1980s and Hamilton's sound reminds me of that time period but its modernized for...
Marion’s Favorites: Maze featuring Frankie Beverly
by MHill | Mar 9, 2021 | Marion's Favorites, Music Reviews, Wisdom From Kammbia Column
If Cookout Music was a musical genre, then Maze featuring Frankie Beverly would be the standard bearers. For most of my life, the majority of cookouts I have ever attended would have music by Maze playing. Their silky, elegant style of R&B reached its peak in...
Marion’s Favorites: Stevie Wonder’s Innervisions
by MHill | Feb 28, 2021 | Marion's Favorites, Music Reviews, Wisdom From Kammbia Column
One of the positive attributes of the internet is that you can be sent down a rabbit hole and pique your curiosity unexpectedly. A few days ago, I went down that aforementioned rabbit hole and wanted to find out more Stevie Wonder's Classic Period Albums from 1972 to...
Marion’s Favorites: Salt N Pepa Movie
by MHill | Jan 31, 2021 | Marion's Favorites, Movie Reviews, Music Reviews, Nonfiction, Wisdom From Kammbia Column
I'm an old school rap fan. Big Daddy Kane and Rakim are my favorite rappers of all time. LL Cool J, Run DMC, Gangstarr, Sir Mix-A-Lot & Heavy D are still in my regular rotation on my iPad. But my favorite rap group of all time is Salt N Pepa. I will admit a...
Marion’s Favorites: Maysa Leak
by MHill | Dec 19, 2020 | Marion's Favorites, Music Reviews
I first heard Maysa Leak on my favorite band, Incognito's 1993 album, Positivity. The song called Deep Waters speaks about loving someone that she should stay away from but was being pulled deeper into his orbit. There have been many songs throughout music covering...
Marion’s Favorites: Brother Sister by The Brand New Heavies
by MHill | Dec 13, 2020 | Marion's Favorites, Music Reviews, Wisdom From Kammbia Column
As a music lover, I enjoy a variety of musical genres from old school R&B and Hip-Hop, Jazz, and Afro-Cuban Music. However, I was asked recently what is my favorite musical genre. I told the person it is Acid Jazz. They immediately asked me what is Acid Jazz?...
Marion’s Favorites: Happy Birthday Tito Puente
by MHill | Apr 20, 2020 | Marion's Favorites, Music Reviews
Ernesto Antonio (AKA Tito) Puente would have turned 97 today. I had a good musician friend that played Puente’s 1958 classic album, Dance Mania quite a bit whenever I visited him in his Albuquerque home. I remember the first time I heard, El Cayuco, and was blown away...