Articles by Matt Bauer

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  Regina Belle

  The Day Life Began

  PUBLISHED Jan 22, 2016

  It's been 15 years since Regina Belle released an R&B album proper (2001's This Is Regina, to be precise), and three decades since her debu...

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  Lee Hazlewood

  The MGM Trilogy

  PUBLISHED Jan 20, 2016

  Lee Hazlewood once referred to his three MGM albums ¾ 1966's The Very Special World of Lee Hazlewood, 1967's Lee Hazlewoodism: Its Cause an...

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  Various Artists

  Soul Sok Sega

  PUBLISHED Jan 20, 2016

  Venerable label Strut continues its unearthing of unheralded sounds from the tropical belt with Soul Sok Sega. Referred to as the "blues" o...

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  Cool Uncle

  Cool Uncle

  PUBLISHED Nov 11, 2015

  Cool Uncle is the pairing of crooner Bobby Caldwell and producer Jack Splash. Caldwell is best known for his 1978 smash and classic R&B rad...

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  Angie Stone

  Dream

  PUBLISHED Nov 6, 2015

  Angie Stone left the reality series R&B Divas after the revelation that her then boyfriend/manager was having an affair with one of the sho...

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  jessica Care moore

  Black Tea: The Legend Of Jessi James

  PUBLISHED Oct 2, 2015

  The term "renaissance woman" doesn't do jessica Care moore (Editor's note: yes, it's stylized that way) justice. Over the last two decades,...

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  Tamar Braxton

  Calling All Lovers

  PUBLISHED Sep 30, 2015

  Tamar Braxton's been in the music game for a quarter-century now, releasing singles and albums with her siblings the Braxtons (their 1990 s...

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  Nicole Willis & The Soul Investigators

  Happiness In Every Style

  PUBLISHED Sep 30, 2015

  Lightening up considerably after 2013's gloomy Tortured Soul, the fifth offering by veteran American soul vocalist Nicole Willis (and third...