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One thing that can be said about New York residing singer Kendra Morris is that she has an eclectic ear.  Citing Donny Hathaway and Sam Cooke as influences, Morris has a beautiful way of bridging the gap between the form of soul laid out by the above with her own blue-eyed soul style. [...]

Kendra Morris has been creating a pretty big buzz for herself with her breakout song “Concrete Waves” and latest single, “If He Didn’t Go.” Gearing up to release her highly anticipated album, Banshee, via Wax Poetics Records, the singer has already got the cosign of various artists notably legendary producer DJ Premier who made a [...]

Last year, New Yorkbred songstress Kendra Morris released one of my favorite songs still to this day, “Concrete Waves.” The breakout single, which begged the question, “Have you ever rode a concrete wave?” garnered Morris a considerable buzz with publications like Rolling Stone as well as around the blogosphere. Now the Wax Poetics Record signee [...]

The latest issue of Wax Poetics [my favourite music magazine] is out now – with features on Curtis Mayfield and Spike Lee. The issue includes: Re:Discovery – Melvin Van Peebles, Manfred Krug, Marvin Gaye, Judgment Night OST, John Carpenter Roc Raida – The Grand Master Shadows And Phonographs – This sinister role of the turntable [...]