The Best of 2016: According to Neighbor Morgan James
In about a week or so, we will be entering a brand new year! WOO HOO! Lawd knows 2016 was a trying year! At least we had some good music though!
To help recap the year in music, we invited our dear friend Morgan James to share her favorite albums and songs of the year. Outside of being one of our favorite concert buddies (Check our Instagram page for validation), she’s currently a consultant for startups and tech companies and moonlights as a journalist for Philly’s own JUMP Magazine. Morgan also co-hosts pop culture hot-takin’ podcast Two Wise Jawns - listen and subscribe on iTunes, Soundcloud, or Stitcher. How she finds the time to do all of that, we have no clue.
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The Best of 2016: According to Neighbor Britney Norman
In celebration of making it through 2016, we have invited some of our favorite Neighbors to share the songs and albums that helped them get through this helluva year.
Next up, we have our dear friend Britney Norman, Senior Manager of Integrated Marketing Programs for Visit Philadelphia. She may be a BOSS in the daytime but this Philly-bred woman can be seen at all the dopest concerts and parties happening around town. Brit was also named one of Billy Penn’s Top Communications Professionals under the age of 40, a list that also included our Creative Director.
Check out what has been giving our girl eargasms!
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The Best of 2016: According to Neighbor Joseph Marshall
Question: Can anyone tell us where the year went? As climatic, and at times, tragic as 2016 as been, it’s been a relatively great year in terms of music.
For the second year in a row, we are letting a few of our favorite Neighbors share their favorite albums and songs of the year. The Grammys never seem to get it right so…
Kicking off our series is the hilarious Joseph Marshall, host of popular local podcast Logical Nonsense. Joe is a self-described “black man with an unhealthy love of big asses, sex and R&B music.” All of which are reflected in his flawless musical taste. Continue on to find out what a black man with a healthy sexual appetite has been listening to all year.
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Anderson Street Chats with Eric Roberson about Note for Note Cancer Benefit
We caught up with our dear friend Eric Roberson to talk about his Note for Note cancer benefit concert that’s happening this Sunday at Harrah’s Atlantic City. The show will feature some of the biggest names in R&B including Bilal, Ledisi, Tank, and of course Erro himself. If that lineup wasn’t enough to run to Ticketmaster, we don’t know what will. We talked about the show, his connection to cancer research, and his relationship to the performers and the R&B community overall. Check out our conversation below!
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ANDERSON STREET CHATS WITH KING’S PARIS STROTHER
We were granted an opportunity to speak with the architect of the group’s signature sound, producer and songwriter Paris Strother. If you have been following us for while, you should already know that we have been big fans of the group since the release of their way-too-short EP back in 2011. Their official debut album which was FINALLY released this past winter did not disappoint one bit either and might be a shoe-in for our end of the year “Best of 2016″ list.
We talked to Paris about how the group fine crafts their signature sound, songs, “lewks,” and visuals. We also chatted about working with a few our faves like Corinne Bailey Rae, Eric Roberson and Bilal and of course their plans for the Philly show.
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ANDERSON STREET MEETS DURAND BERNARR
Can we have a moment of praise and gratitude for a second?
When we started the Anderson Street Project a little more than a year ago, we had no idea that we would have the opportunity to meet, better yet interview, as many cool people as we have. Praises to the Most High.
Last week, we added another cool person to our steadily growing list. We had the awesome opportunity of meeting and sitting down with one of the greatest voices in modern day music Durand Bernarr. Durand Bernarr, who was completing his first national tour, performed to a sold out crowd at Pub Webb. The show was the same night as the Bad Boy concert which speaks volumes of his fan base and the anticipation of seeing him live. And how was the show? Let’s just say that we cussed him and his entire team out backstage for destroying our edges like they did.
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Anderson Street Chats with Bilal at Soul School Festival
If you would have told us back when we were starting this little project that we would be interviewing Philly legends and Grammy Award-winning artists, we wouldn’t have believed you. In fact, we would have laughed in your face and gave you a famed Uptown Philly eye roll. But alas…
This past weekend, we were fortunate enough to cover State Representative Jordan Harris’ Soul School Festival. We can’t tell you what was more harmful to our health: the unbearable heat or the earth-shattering vocal performances from Jaguar Wright, Bilal, andDru Hill.
Between the sets, we were able to connect with the innovative Philly native better known as Bilal. We talked about his love for Philly, his deep album cut “Sometimes” (which he sang and we recorded to much delight), his Prince tribute at the BET Awards, and much more!
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Anderson Street Projects Chats with Worldtown SoundSystem
A couple of weekends back, we had the awesome opportunity of covering The 10th Annual Jazz on the Ave festival in North Philly. Unfortunately, a mini-hurricane ensued and we didn’t get the chance to see our friend Jeff Bradshaw and his friend Kim Burrell tear the house down. We know. Big bummer. But hey, there’s always next year. And to be honest, we still had an amazing time because we got to see and sit down with Worldtown SoundSystem.
Worldtown Soundsystem is an international House music band that is led by two Philly residents (and former Temple University students) DJ Ben Arsenal and Femi. When we say international, we really mean INTERNATIONAL! The band includes members from Brazil, Nigeria, and of course Philly and all of these references are reflected in their unique sound and performance style. Their high-energy, high-impact songs are enough to brighten any gloomy day.
We got a chance to talk to Ben and Femi their international and local inspirations, Philly’s under-discussed Disco history, and why some things in Philly should remain a secret.
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