Really enjoyed chatting with Mike this year, in our 3 part interview series. Here’s the Best Of with other featured guests as well including Lisa Stansfield, George Benson, renowned remix producer DJ Joey Negro, Bootsy Collins and more.
Have a listen :
My jazz bossa nova makeover of the Bob Marley classic “Waiting In Vain” is in the Top 5 of the Poptastic Confessions 2018 Top 100.
Thank you Dave Higdon and Poptastic Confessions, my original production partner on this, Rodney Lee, and all who supported this record. Poptastic Confessions Top 5
Jody Watley and Alex Di Cio’ with holiday love with John Leech, BBC radio.
Video also viewable on Jody Watley Official YouTube Channel
I still have so many thoughts on this experience, the disappointment, disillusionment I felt that lingered a couple of years while in limbo and reevaluating if my passion for the music and navigation of the business of it was over.. eventually the underground music scene in particular 4Hero’s Two Pages was a new awakening and inspiration for me as an artist, writer, producer and independent label owner. We grow through our disappointments, adversity, pain, heartbreak– it’s life.
Quentin Harrison is an excellent music writer, rare in the era we live. He does a great job on this retrospective and subsequent music aftermath.
Via Albumism:
ALBUMS WE ADORE: Jody Watley’s ‘Flower’ (1998) | Revisit our retrospective tribute:
“Like A Holiday” Alex Di Cio’ Remix Review SoulandJazzandFunk.com
Doing music I love and continuing to defy odds and boundaries imposed by others often this very business is what’s important to me and most of all to enjoy it all as much as possible in the process .. everything else is always just a bonus.
To you I say – keep exploring and growing .. that’s the beauty and blessing of life.
With quality spins on U.K. radio, the Alex Di Cio’ Remix of ‘Like A Holiday’ is reviewed on Dave Higdon’s Poptastic Confessions.
The Jody Watley “Still A Thrill” Radio Celebration from The Wayne Boucaud Show, UK Black in 3D is now available on Mixcloud as a podcast. Listen again or for the first time!
Wayne did an excellent job on curating a few classics and a host of deep cuts and collaborations beyond the commercial realm with snippets of vintage interviews sharing pearls of wisdom, goals and determination with a desire to always be me and never confined to expectations or narrow vision. You’ll enjoy the entire show..and be reminded that there is still quality music being made – soul, jazz, funk and you can still mix them up into a delicious musical brew with the classics, under the radar gems.
It’s been such a great year of music for me solo (the Top 10 Smooth Jazz ‘Waiting In Vain’ and with SRL (Soul Revolution Love), “The Passion”, “The Mood” Alex Di Cio’ mixes coming with massive UK radio support; and the announcement of my first UK Tour in over 20 years. It means the most to have it be fueled by what’s new while celebrating what’s past.
Get your groove on, and tell a friend.