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In this intimate biography of the Prince of Soul, David Ritz provides a candid look at a star and a friend. Ritz had been collaborating with Marvin Gaye on his story for several years before the singer's tragic death and had conducted a series of extraordinary interviews in which Gaye discussed his deepest secrets. What emerges is a full-scale portrait of a charming but tortured artist, a brilliant singer with a divided soul.

Secret Soul comes from the City of Manchester, UK — widely regarded as the birthplace of Northern Soul. Presented by Colin Skehan, a lifelong music enthusiast who worked as a Manchester club DJ throughout the 1970s and early 1980s. Colin was a resident DJ at the Soul Cellar Bar at the Birch Hotel in Ashton-under-Lyne, spinning records during the formative years of the Northern Soul movement. Between 1973 -1983 he worked behind the decks, and from 1974 to 1977 he also ran his own independent record shop, placing him at the heart of the scene both on the dancefloor ,and behind the counter.

After a longstanding war across the world of Lunaiira, the five kingdoms have lived in harmony for over 20 years. During Kalusta Pandu, an annual festival celebrating the eclipse, a young woman named Ziraiah has her life flipped upside down. With an unlikely companion, she must choose to keep a promise, or live out her dreams. Regardless of the consequences.

Harry Enfield exuberantly returns as Dirk Gently, who, fallen on hard times and dressed as a gypsy woman, is using his irritatingly accurate clairvoyant powers to read palms. He is saved when a frantic client turns up with a ludicrous story about being stalked by a goblin waving a contract...

#1 New York Times bestseller Buy the book on Amazon : https://amzn.to/4p2pWuzWhat would it be like to free yourself from limitations and soar beyond your boundaries? What can you do each day to discover inner peace and serenity? The Untethered Soul offers simple yet profound answers to these questions.Whether this is your first exploration of inner space, or you’ve devoted your life to the inward journey, this book will transform your relationship with yourself and the world around you. You’ll discover what you can do to put an end to the habitual thoughts and emotions that limit your ...

Vincent Van Gogh arrived in the French capital on the last day of February 1886, a month short of his thirty-third birthday. He was a man beaten down by life, half-starved, and nearly broken psychologically. He was saved by his brother Theo, who provided him with room, board, and, most crucially, emotional support while he attempted to master the difficult craft of painting. Thus far, Vincent's crude scenes of peasant life rendered in murky shades of brown and gray were both hackneyed and amateurish.

AfroWay – Soul From The East is a bold, culture-driven audio experience that celebrates the heartbeat of modern Africa. Every episode flows with an unmistakable African spirit—warm, soulful, rhythmic, and unapologetically authentic. This podcast brings together trending stories, cultural highlights, entertainment updates, and thought-provoking conversations, all delivered with a signature style. It’s a performance. From the rising stars shaping African art to the deep rhythms influencing global culture, AfroWay Entertainment gives listeners a front-row seat to the continent’s creative ...

Hello Darlings!Welcome to my sacred place, SOULSPACE. I’m so chuffed as this podcast was number one in spiritual shows in the UK after only one week!Here you can just switch off from the world and embrace everything paranormal, spiritual, angelic, celestial, alien and spooky dooky.I cover everything you could possibly want to know about the afterlife, heaven and what happens when we die.Sometimes I will give you spiritual advice along with a bit of humour and a helping hand navigating this sometimes impossible life path in this incarnation.So buckle up, get those headphones on, lay back ...

The Souls of Black Folk is a well-known work of African-American literature by activist W.E.B. Du Bois. The book, published in 1903, contains several essays on race, some of which had been previously published in Atlantic Monthly magazine. Du Bois drew from his own experiences to develop this groundbreaking work on being African-American in American society. Outside of its notable place in African-American history, The Souls of Black Folk also holds an important place in social science as one of the first works to deal with sociology.

Black Deth Blaxploitation 101 A bold, funky, history-deep Blaxploitation show blending film-school analysis with streetwise swagger— Nubius Black & Johnny Deth break it down like nobody else. Step into the funk-soaked world of Blaxploitation cinema. Johnny Deth and Nubious Black—two unapologetic voices breaking down the boldest, Blackest, baddest films of the '70s and beyond. From Shaft to Super Fly, from Curtis Mayfield grooves to Isaac Hayes' cinematic revolution, this podcast goes deep into the stories, sounds, and soul of a genre that changed everything. Raw, funny, fearless—and ...

SCHEDULE: New services release every Sunday through Thursday at 5 am. Compline: Evening Liturgies for Anxious Souls is a meditative prayer service offered Sunday through Thursday evenings from the Center for Worship and the Arts at Samford University. Based on the ancient practice of Praying the Hours, Compline features original music and the curation of scripture and prayers built into an invitation to commune with God in a time of reflection, quiet, and stillness at the end of the day in our anxious age.

It's January 1967-and one of the worst snowstorms in decades is blanketing Detroit, Michigan. Berry Gordy, owner of Motown Records, is trapped in his home, unable to do anything about the internal war ravaging his most successful group, The Supremes. Diana Ross, Mary Wilson, and Florence Ballard are imploding as Ballard battles alcoholism and the aftermath of rape. But soon, even more chaos will descend on Detroit.

In an extraordinary story unfolding across two hundred years, Kristina Gaddy uncovers the banjo's key role in Black spirituality, ritual, and rebellion. Through meticulous research in diaries, letters, archives, and art, she traces the banjo's beginnings from the seventeenth century, when enslaved people of African descent created it from gourds or calabashes and wood.

Japanese culture has fascinated the West ever since the country’s doors opened up in the 1800s. In many ways, Japan has remained elusive, and people have travelled from all around the world to see for themselves how unique this nation remains. Another way of exploring this enigmatic culture is through its literature. The English language succeeds surprisingly well in revealing the Japanese sense of life.

The story of Stax Records unfolds like a Greek tragedy. A white brother and sister build a record company that becomes a monument to racial harmony in 1960’s segregated south Memphis. Their success is startling, and Stax soon defines an international sound. Then, after losses both business and personal, the siblings part, and the brother allies with a visionary African-American partner. Under integrated leadership, Stax explodes as a national player until, Icarus-like, they fall from great heights to a tragic demise.

In Soul Unlimited, Stuart Large delves into Barry White's extraordinary career in Music which saw him become 20th Century Records' highest grossing artist with his self-styled symphonic grooves. Previously unheard interviews chronicle social unrest in mid-60s Los Angeles and how White's relentless appetite to learn appealed to those who would join his journey to global success. Voices : Charles Hazlewood (Paraorchestra), Steve Cradock, Regina Jones and Steven Ivory (LA Times). History Podcast. Artwork: Matthew Levett X: @boyaboutsound (boyaboutsound media)

Following the tragic deaths of two of their colleagues, only Captain Jack Harkness, Gwen Cooper and Ianto Jones remain of Torchwood, protecting humanity against the unknown. Martha Jones, ex-time traveller and now working as a doctor for UNIT, has been called to CERN - the world’s largest...

Howard Bloom - called “the greatest press agent that rock and roll has ever known” by Derek Sutton, the former manager of Styx, Ten Years After, and Jethro Tull - is a science nerd who knew nothing about popular music. But he founded the biggest PR firm in the music industry and helped build or sustain the careers of our biggest rock legends, including Michael Jackson, Prince, Bob Marley, Bette Midler, Billy Joel, Billy Idol, Chaka Khan, and 100 more. What was he after? He was on a hunt for the gods inside of you and me.

The bestselling author of Shakey: Neil Young's Biography presents the first in-depth biography of the legendary soul singer Al Green. Al Green has blessed listeners with some of the biggest hits of the past fifty years. "Love and Happiness," "I'm Still in Love with You," "Let's Get Married," and...

The profound emotion felt around the world upon seeing images of Notre-Dame in flames opens up a series of questions: Why was everyone so deeply moved? Why does Notre-Dame so clearly crystallise what our civilisation is about? What makes ‘Our Lady of Paris’ the soul of a nation and a symbol of human achievement? What is it that speaks so directly to us today?