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R&B Legend D’Angelo Passes Away At 51 After Several Months Of Treatment

"D'Angelo blessed me with the flawless soundtrack of my life," a fan wrote.

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D’Angelo dead at 51: R&B legend dies ‘after secret cancer battle’

The legendary singer died in his NYC home on October 14 from pancreatic cancer, it has been reported

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“He’s on all of the songs, including one that’s 13 minutes - we just didn’t want Pino to ever stop playing": Miley Cyrus pays tribute to legendary bassist Pino Palladino as he’s honoured with the Welsh Music Inspiration award

“If I only had one person to choose to play bass with for the rest of my days, I would choose Pino Palladino,” says Questlove

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As Hollywood mourns Robert Redford, why do we still struggle with the idea of male beauty?

The superstar never wanted to be a sex symbol. But we don’t have a language to discuss what great beauty can feel like for men, says Guardian newsletter editor Jason Okundaye

The Guardian - UK

Heaven must be like this: D’Angelo’s greatest songs – ranked!

As his debut album Brown Sugar turns 30 this week, we look back on the relatively slim but astoundingly rich catalogue of the architect of neosoul

The Guardian - UK

Roy Ayers obituary

Jazz-soul vibraphonist and band leader best known for his laid-back summer track Everybody Loves the Sunshine

The Guardian - UK

Angie Stone was a wise singer who deeply understood the power of love and lust

The neo-soul artist, who has died aged 63, had years of experience by the time she became a star – and brought it to bear on a carnal, careworn catalogue

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The Burden of Black Genius: documentary examines career of Sly Stone

Questlove’s probing new film looks at the incredible life and works of the one-of-a-kind talent while also taking a broader look at the specific difficulties faced by Black artists

The Guardian - US

Elmiene, Good Neighbours and Myles Smith make up all-male Brits Rising Star shortlist

The last male artist to win the prize, which tips British acts for pop success, was Sam Fender in 2019

The Guardian - UK

“So I met her, and her dad was from down the road from me in Penarth! As she sang, I remember just thinking, wow”: Bass legend Pino Palladino on getting an unexpected call from Rick Rubin to play on an album by a “young British artist”

“She’s a good laugh, Adele,” he says

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"I wouldn't even play some things for people, because I know they might be like, 'Oh'. But the the great ones, they want to dive in": Raphael Saadiq says that Beyonce, D'Angelo and Solange can hear the potential in songs that others can't

“I wasn't even going to play Beyonce that song. I was going through another song, and she heard Bodyguard, and she said, ‘What's that?’”

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“We had an instant kinship… the first thing he did was give me a couple of guitars”: Elusive neo-soul artist D'Angelo flexes his guitar skills on a G&L Superstrat given to him by a music icon in newly discovered interview footage

The rare video finds D'Angelo discussing the essence of funk, his guitar journey and the significance of having Prince collaborator Jesse Johnson as his guitar mentor

Guitar World

"I’m happy to lean into the more imperfect parts of myself than ever before... to stick with an original demo vocal take, to not overthink what something could be and let it be what it was": Rosie Lowe on finding alt-R&B magic on new album, Lover, Other

“I knew I didn’t want to create the album in four walls of a soundproofed studio; I didn’t find the idea of that inspiring.

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“Prince picked up my bass – but it was tuned to Eb, so he just found one note that worked and he stayed on it the entire song”: Raphael Saadiq on playing with Prince, D'Angelo and the “dead” 1962 Fender that put the vintage in Instant Vintage

The Tony! Toni! Toné! trailblazer created a whole new rhythm section style on his 2002 solo debut

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“Stevie Wonder told me I needed to do 5 hours a day to get good at piano”: Super-producer Raphael Saadiq on taking advice from a legend, his love of Teles and creating musical history with Beyoncé and D’Angelo

“I guess we were sort of playing a game to see who could get the furthest behind without getting off beat,” says Saadiq of the recording of D’Angelo’s Lady

Guitar World

“Carlos Santana said, ‘I’ll play bass – you play guitar.’ I said I couldn’t, but he told me whatever I played belonged to me. I could own it”: Super-producer Raphael Saadiq on how he switched to guitar and earned his signature Fender Telecaster

The Grammy-winning producer has worked with the biggest names in music. He explains why the Telecaster has appeared on every album he’s ever worked on – and shares what he learned from Stevie Wonder, Beyoncé, Barry Gibb and countless others

The Guardian - UK

All you need is love songs: 12 novelists pick their favourite romantic tracks

Writers who know a thing or two about matters of the heart on the love songs they adore – from Sondheim’s bittersweet portrait of a romance sceptic to Roberta Flack’s timeless expression of hope

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Guitarist Charlie Hunter reflects on his work with D'Angelo on Voodoo in new interview: "Maybe it's better that I didn't have time to think of it beforehand because I probably would have been like, 'Woah! What Am I doing here!?'"

The jazz ace had also never heard the finished version of the John Mayer song he recorded and co-wrote until this new interview

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Tony! Toni! Toné! say reuniting after 25 years 'Feels Good' — and they're working on something new

The three original members of the legendary R&B band Tony

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Florida nature photographer stumbles across cannibal alligator

Skilled wildlife Barbara D'Angelo set out to capture a stunning sunset, but got something very different

The Guardian - UK

‘There’s a lot of laughter, a lot of joy’: Kyle Abraham on the family parties that inspired his new dance show

Best known for tackling subjects such as injustice and violence, the choreographer is channelling happier memories with An Untitled Love

The Independent UK

The Wire at 20: Every episode ranked, from serial killer shark jumps to Omar’s tragic end

Rarely has TV been bolder or more brutal than David Simon’s landmark drama series, which made stars of Idris Elba, Michael B Jordan and the late, great Michael K Williams. As the show celebrates 20 years since its debut, Greg Evans ranks all 60 of its episodes

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