Dwele - “Sketches of a Man” - New Album
Pre-listen here @ Curlysoul the new album of Dwele:
Throwback Songs
A growing music community with nothing but oldskool music that you can listen to freely.
Close to 800 songs with artist such as New Edition (Candy Girl, Cool It Now, etc.), Isley Brothers (For the Love of You, etc.), Cameo (Candy), Timex Social Club (Thinking About You), EU (Taste of Your Love) and many many others.
Nice initiative and very tempting to have on all day… nothing but sweet memories with most of these oldies. On the other hand you notice there is always new old music to discover…
Feel free to stop by and see what it’s all about.
Paola Jean
Received a message in my Last.fm account from Nika17, suggesting an artist I might like… A nice way to be introduced to the voice and lyrics of Paola Jean.
I know I still have to further dig in the possibilities of Last.fm, as it is my main radio station, yet I listen wayyy not enough… Happy that every now and then I am notified and made aware again of what else there in my flavor of music.
Paola Jean
In Bern, Switzerland an 11 year old Paola Kraehenbuehl sings in her school choir and discovers her desire for the stage. Choir practice led to competitions and winning led to the conviction that music is her message.
Vocally trained at the Swiss Jazz School, her singing/songwriting career since then has only moved in the positive direction. Shortly after recording her first demo with producer Ben Thaler, the two became known as pioneers of soul music in Switzerland, Paola’s song “You gotta know what you want” was aired in Montreal, Canada. Using this momentum her singing ability was noticed by national and international artist’s R&B singer Emel, and rapper Kamel of the famous French group Alliance Ethnic with whom she co-wrote several songs with. Paola knew exactly what she wanted. She recorded her first single “Strong” with Session All-stars Compilation released on Universal Records as well as re-writing and performing the anthem of her hometown in Switzerland.
[more & source: paolajean.org]
Her voice and style do resemble do remind me of Lina, yet the color is different. Will dig a few more songs of her soon.
Artist impression
The impression I get from the below video overview is good… Though must say that her voice does seem to fit the up-tempo songs less than the easy ballads I heard on her Myspace site.
Enjoy and show her some love!
My North Sea Jazz preferered schedule for 2008
North Sea Jazz will be in Rotterdam from July 11th to July 13th
Dwele and Slum Village team up (again) for remix of “I’m Cheatin”
He mentioned his new single “I’m cheatin’” during the concert I attended in Paradiso Amsterdam.
Now Dwele has teamed up with his friends of Slum Village to bring you a great remix of this track.
Looking forward to see his new album “Sketches of a man” which is in stores on June 24th ‘08
Maxwell - Black Summers’ Night finally approaching
Maxwell’s MySpace site is showing a little what we can expect in the coming years of the Master of Lovemaking music.
As from 2008, 3 albums will be released in the form of a trilogy called Black Summers’ Night. Of te first available track - Pretty Wings - we can hear a snippet on his myspace site and it definitely is that typical Maxwell sound that has awed so many.
Really curious about the rest of the album, but I think that Maxwell has, even with so many years of not being on the scene, layed a foundation for a music style that many fans cannot get enough of…
Let’s pray for a quick release of this trilogy!
Curlysoul under attack
As it appeared, Curlysoul.com was victim of a temporary and partly take-over by eBay/PayPal spoof hackers.
I have updated the software, changed all passwords and informed Dreamhost. I hope that this solves the problem. Next week there will be another update from WordPress and I will update this site again then.
For those hindered or bothered by any inconvenience caused because of this: Sorry.
If you see/find anything fishy, please contact me through the contact form.
Once again, sorry for any trouble caused.
Smooth Beats
No explanation needed, just listen to Smooth Beats [stream].
Kanye West & John Mayer recording “Bittersweet”
From the upcoming album by Kanye West (Graduation), Bittersweet is the first track released.
YouTube source: Kanye West and John Mayer recording Bittersweet
John Mayer has a great sense of humor in this vid… Ye can do nothing but smile… 
Common ft Dwele: The People
This is what hiphop is:
YouTube source: Common ft Dwele - The People