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Well, for over two years, I’ve looked to establish a separate presence for music-only articles on Mandrake FM. Well, you know what? The music podcasts and articles are moving…back to the main blog, Mandrake Society Radio. Music is a part of me and my community’s story, so like a return to the [...]

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The blog interview feature on Mandrake FM is now going to be called ‘Take Three’, just so that you have just a quick taste of a new artist to add to your daily soundtrack. This week, we start off with an R&B Dance artist from the United Kingdom. If you’re an artist interested in [...]

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It’s a rock-pop mood today with some slight detours, so here’s the playlist: Dove Hunter – What Turns Inside Gregory Douglass – Cathedrals Hong Kong in the 60’s – Fox’s Wedding Levi Kreis – Everything’s Gonna Be Alright N’Dambi – Young Lady Wendy and Lisa – Niagara Falls Mid*One – Easy Come and Easy Go Darci Monet – Jezebel Tagged: alt-rock, Darci Monet, [...]

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Ugh! I hate when this happens. Only one of my favorite Swedish groups since Komeda, Little Dragon, hits House of Blues in Dallas on Sunday, May 17th, opening for TV on the Radio and I won’t be able to be there! Cruel, cruel that I didn’t plan in time for this show! Their 2007 [...]

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Bringing both a throaty rock vocal, as well as a soft acoustic touch, songwriter, Darci Monet’s Fusion drops on May 12th, 2009. Just in case the name doesn’t ring a bell with you, she is a songwriting partner of Levi Kreis, whom we’ve just featured here and on popolio.com. Take a listen to the [...]

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..at least that’s the word I’m hearing underground. If you want to hear the truth on it, listen to Stefine Rachel’s Blog Talk Radio show, VIP, tonight at 9:30 C.S.T, RFTW lead vocalist, Melvin Riley, will be a special guest. Until then, 80’s R&B fans, while you get ready to do your best, “Oh [...]

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Bringing adult/contemporary and jazz, here’s today’s playlist:

“Street Sound” by Pimps of Joytime “Hold On” by Nathan Haines feat. Tama Waipara and Joel Haines “The Optimist” by Stan Harrison “Fractions” by Timeline “Beautiful fate” by Astronauts of Antiquity “For My Children’s Love” by Finley Quaye “Sixty-Five” by Roland Satterwhite Tagged: jazz, mixtape, Pimps of Joytime, pop, Stan Harrison [...]

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Pop-rock songwriter and performer, Levi Kreis, took some down time between performances of The Million Dollar Quartet in Chicago took talk about his new CD, Where I Belong, which will be available Tuesday, May 5. During the interview, listen for these snippets from the new CD, “Gonna Be Alright” and “Stained Glass [...]

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Freddie has a great podcast conversation with R&B/soul artist, Wayna. She talks about her recent Grammy nomination for her interpolation of Minnie Riperton’s “Lovin’ You”, from her 2008 disc, Higher Ground. However, it’s the song, “Billieclub”, that the most ironic success for her. That’s because she was arrested at a Houston airport [...]

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After I received the tweet from Pete Freedman about the bands having to move inside because of noise, I figured I’d get on down to Good Records to see what the fuss was about. This past Saturday was Record Store Day and Good Records 9th Birthday celebration. I always seemed to miss the [...]