Paul Randolph’s Melodic Grooves Transcend Genres
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to a musically minded mother and trombonist father, Paul Randolph began studying music, including guitar and...
Chris Campbell is a broadcast personality/nationally-renowned tastemaker and host of the multi-genre electronic music program The Progressive Underground. He is also a correspondent for NPR (National Public Radio) curating global underground music for national segments such as "Heavy Rotation" and "Songs We Love." Campbell is the host of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra’s “Paradise Jazz Series,” “Concerts at the Cube,” and is co-host of the Aretha Franklin Amphitheatre’s “Jazzy Wednesdays Summer Concert Series.”
He has also hosted events including the Detroit International Jazz Festival, Charivari Detroit Electronic Music Fest and has curated/hosted Detroit Performs LIVE on WTVS-Channel 56 Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), along with hosting/moderating a variety of concerts, industry showcases, artist album releases, panel discussions, movie screenings, and press unveilings.
Campbell is also an author and music journalist who has written for national and international publications such as Smooth Jazz News, Upscale, and Examiner. He is a published author as his books “The Essential Neo-Soul” and “Essential Neo-Soul 2.0” spotlight the modern-day progressive soul music movement and are the only publications of their kind to cover the history of the modern/alternative soul community.
From Stevie Wonder’s Backup Singer to Solo Star, Maysa Makes Waves
Born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland, jazz-soul singer/songwriter Maysa Leak was operatically trained and studied voice performance at Morgan State...
Kindred The Family Soul Brings Family Values to R&B
In the early 1990s, Aja Graydon and Fatin Dantzler were both were paying their dues in the music industry --...
The Roots Are a Genre of Their Own
The story of The Roots story begins at the Philadelphia High School for the Creative and Performing Arts where Ahmir...
Remembering Aaliyah, the Princess of R&B
Twenty years ago, on Aug. 25, 2001, Aaliyah Dana Haughton died in an airplane accident. Though only 22, Aaliyah left...
Globe-Trotting Performer Mahogany Jones Calls Detroit Home
From a young age, Charyse Lois Marshall, better known as Mahogany Jones, was engrossed in poetry, compiling hundreds of poems...
From Acid Jazz Pioneers to Electronic Music Trailblazers, Jamiroquai Forges New Roads
Robbie Drexhage Legendary UK acid jazz band Jamiroquai, a standout band of the funk and acid jazz movement of the...
Leaf Erikson Is Pushing Hip-Hop Forward With Throwback Sensibilities
Growing up in Detroit and surrounded by the sounds of Motown, Detroit-based rapper and wordsmith Corey Greenleaf, aka Leaf Erikson,...
Alice Coltrane Expands the Sonic Realm of Jazz
Born in Detroit in 1937, the young Alice McLeod was a musical prodigy. She played organ at Mount Olive Baptist...
Exploring the Fusion of Danceable Techno and Funk Through the Group Deee-Lite
The trio of Lady Miss Kier, Supa DJ Dmitry and jungle DJ Towa Tei, otherwise known as Deee-Lite, started out...
Iconic Producer and Rapper Q-Tip Blurs Genre Lines to Push Hip-Hop Forward
Wikimedia Commons Iconic producer, rapper and tastemaker Kamaal Ibn John Fareed or, as he's more publicly known, Q-Tip, found his passion...
Amp Fiddler, Motown’s Progressive Funk and Soul Man, Connects the Dots of Detroit’s Rich Musical Heritage
Growing up as one of five children steeped in Motown, soul and jazz, Joseph "Amp" Fiddler was surrounded by music from...