Anita Baker

When I heard on the radio early this year that Anita Baker would be doing a farewell tour, I immediately went home and asked my wife to find out when “The Queen” would be stopping through “The Queen City.”  I thought nothing of it again until a week ago, when my wife told me she’d booked a short weekend trip to Myrtle Beach to celebrate our 24th anniversary, and advised me not to make plans for Thursday, because we had tickets to see Anita Baker.  “You got tickets?” I asked,…

The Magic of “Hello”

The first time I heard Adele’s, “Hello” from her recently released album, “25”, it wasn’t her singing it.  A close friend and fellow music fan sent me a YouTube link of one of my favorite R&B artists (Joe Thomas) covering it.  I thought, “Wow… this is really good!  Another solid delivery by Joe!”  But then I realized that I had not heard the original yet, so I watched the music video and oh my; I was simply blown away! As good as Joe Thomas’ rendition was, as good as were…